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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former territory of the western United States extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. It was purchased from France on April 30, 1803, for $15 million and officially explored by the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806).
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- noun territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
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Examples
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NewsMax. com* Obama on Fox Defends 'Louisiana Purchase' - 10 hrs ago
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Under the guise of securing the port of New Orleans, Jefferson executed the so-called Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803, doubling the size of the American nation in one fell swoop.
William Bradley: The Afghan War and the Spirit of Jefferson 2010
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Aptly, this should be called the Louisiana Purchase
The Buying of Mary Landrieu - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009
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But in 1803, when presented with the opportunity to vastly increase the size of the United States by purchasing vast swaths of land known as the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson quickly abandoned his fears about borrowing monies.
Blake Fleetwood: To Hillary: In Praise of Political Flip-Floppers Everywhere 2008
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But in 1803, when presented with the opportunity to drastically increase the size of the United States by purchasing vast swaths of land known as the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson quickly abandoned his fears about borrowing.
Blake Fleetwood: "Snob-ama Is Not Just Out of Touch, He's From Another Planet" 2008
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Someone pointed out yesterday the Louisiana Purchase was the largest stimulus package in the history of the country.
Am Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers ITY National Archives 1993
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Spaniards again withdrew the privilege, and therein lay a potent motive for the acquisition of at least the mouth of the Mississippi River, and, although the immediate demand of these early American settlers was simply an open seaport and waterway to the sea, the Louisiana Purchase was the direct outcome of our strained relations with Spain.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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This, then, is the great historic significance of the movement of continental expansion, in which the Louisiana Purchase was the most striking single achievement.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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The Louisiana Purchase was the second great gift of France to
The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Henry Mann
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The Louisiana Purchase was a piece of land running up the Mississippi, up the Missouri, over the Divide, and down the Columbia to the Pacific.
A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Owen Wister 1899
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