Louisiana Purchase

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Louisiana Purchase

facts about Louisiana purchase

Largest territorial gain in American history

United states had to borrow money in order to pay for the land

American diplomats were caught off guard by Napoleon offer on the land

first planned to be purchased by a French nobleman

war was considered over this territory

Napoleon had plans to create a large colonial empire

was named in honor of king louis XIV of France

Animals that were discovered

Prairie dogs

1804

Sergeant John Ordway (army volunteer) first called them prairie dogs for the first time.

Jack rabbit

Lewis originally named it the Jackass rabbit before shortening the name

Buck Goat

09/14/1804

Lewis described it as having prongs or forked liked horns and having "brains out the back of his head"

Louis and Clark expedition

Plants that were discovered

American Bistort

Wilcox Penstemon

Large monkey flower

Aromatic aster

Missouri milk vetch

Osage Orange

States that were discovered

Arkansas

Iowa

Oklahoma

Kansas

Nebraska

Missouri

South Dakota