The importance of the Louisiana Purchase in American history 12 Articles

by Jerry Curtis

The irony of the Louisiana Purchase was that Thomas Jefferson, who did not believe he had constitutional authority to buy territory in the first place, really only wanted the port city of New Orleans. For twenty years befo...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

Many see the Louisiana Purchase as one of the most important events in United States history and upon examination it is easy to see why. This event was a seminal one in our nation's history-and probably the best land deal ...read more

by Mary Paliescheskey

Prior to the Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans was controlled by Spain. Spain controlled the shipping and trade throughout the region. America had treaties that allowed the storage of trade goods in New Orleans for export. H...read more

by Trevor Thomas

Thomas Jefferson's fateful acquisition of the 828,000-square mile Louisiana Territory in 1803 provided the crucible into which both North and South would pour manpower and mayhem in order to dominate the course of slavery'...read more

by Bierce

Americans have always needed a frontier to look toward. It is inherent to American philosophical culture. Thomas Jefferson's view of the American was an informed farmer who needed a central government as a safety net. T...read more

by Johnette Loefgren

How about doubling the size of the nation!That is how important it was. Every child learns about the Lewis and Clark Expedition sent out by Thomas Jefferson to explore his bold purchase.Jefferson appropriated twenty fiv...read more

by Jarred James Breaux

The Mississippi River was always a vital asset to the United States, especially to settlers in the Ohio River Valley. Many of the agricultural goods produced in the frontier states was exported through the city of New Orle...read more

by Can Tran

The Louisiana Purchase makes me think of the Lewis and Clark Expedition exploring the territory that was sold to the United States by France. Luckily in the United States Constitution, it wasn't listed as unconstitutional...read more

by Dave Franklin

Like much about the early history of the Modern United States of America, European political manoeuvring drove the reasons and machinations that lead up to the Louisiana Purchase. The area of land known as Louisiana was a ...read more

by Tonya Williams

According to the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, the Louisiana Purchase was territory purchased by the U.S. from France in 1803 for $15 million. Often been described as "One of the greatest real estate deals in hist...read more

by Caveat

The importance of the Louisiana purchase in United States American history was to demonstrate the power of the dollar. Like Alaska it was bought and paid for, not taken by the clash of armies. Anyone would praise that ini...read more

by LR Swartz

The Louisiana Purchase was very important to the development of the United States. Just sit back and think for one moment, what if Napoleon did not come to the United States and ask to buy this land? Can you imagine our p...read more