Louisiana Purchase

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historical event land deal territorial acquisition

The Louisiana Purchase was an 1803 land deal in which the United States bought a vast territory from France, doubling the nation's size and securing control of the Mississippi River region.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Louisiana Purchase canonical	33
Louisiana Purchase territory	6
Louisiana Purchase (1803)	2
Louisiana Purchase treaty	2
Louisiana Purchase Treaty	1
Louisiana Purchase agreement	1
Louisiana Purchase financial conventions of 1803	1
Louisiana Purchase frontier	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ land deal ⓘ territorial acquisition ⓘ
area	2140000 square kilometers ⓘ 828000 square miles ⓘ
buyer	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
capitalCityAffected	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
controversy	constitutional authority for land acquisition ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1803-04-30 ⓘ
effect	accelerated westward expansion ⓘ doubled the size of the United States ⓘ reduced French presence in North America ⓘ secured control of the Mississippi River ⓘ secured port of New Orleans ⓘ
followedBy	Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ establishment of District of Louisiana ⓘ establishment of Territory of Orleans ⓘ
includesRegion	Arkansas ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Louisiana Territory Mississippi River valley ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ parts of Minnesota ⓘ parts of Montana ⓘ parts of New Mexico ⓘ parts of North Dakota ⓘ parts of South Dakota ⓘ parts of Texas ⓘ parts of Wyoming ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	treaty power of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
location	North America ⓘ
monetaryValue	15000000 US dollars ⓘ
partOf	expansion of the United States ⓘ
paymentForm	cash and assumption of French debts ⓘ
precededBy	French acquisition of Louisiana from Spain ⓘ Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) ⓘ surface form: Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
ratificationDate	1803-10-20 ⓘ
ratifiedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
relatedEvent	Haitian Revolution ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ
seller	France ⓘ
significantFigure	James Monroe ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ Robert R. Livingston ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
treatyName	Treaty of Paris (1803) ⓘ
year	1803 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas Jefferson → knownFor → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

St. Louis, Missouri, United States → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase territory

New Orleans → purchasedByUnitedStatesIn → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

French Consulate → significantEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Early Republic of the United States → hasPart → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Louisiana Purchase Exposition → commemoratedEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Robert R. Livingston → significantProject → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase treaty

Missouri → isPartOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Louisiana → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase territory

United States territorial expansion → hasPart → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

United States territorial expansion → significantEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Wild West → hasCause → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Missouri Compromise → geographicScope → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase territory

Meriwether Lewis → exploredRegion → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → precedes → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → pavedWayFor → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → relatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Presidency of Thomas Jefferson → majorEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Zebulon Pike → explored → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase territory

important transportation corridor during westward expansion of the United States → associatedWith → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

subject surface form: Missouri River

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase territory

1904 World's Fair → commemorates → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1803) → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase treaty

Treaty of Paris (1803) → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase agreement

Treaty of Paris (1803) → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1803) → relatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1803) → relatedDocument → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase financial conventions of 1803

Lewis and Clark Expedition → exploredRegion → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Lewis and Clark Expedition → relatedEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison → focusesOnEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Treaty of Mortefontaine → precedes → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Missouri Territory → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Milk River → historicalRegion → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase territory

Creole of color → affectedByEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

United States–France relations → historicalEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Spanish Louisiana → treaty → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial → commemorates → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley) → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

subject surface form: Kansas Territory

Adams–Onís Treaty → definedWesternBoundaryOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Aaron Burr treason trial → relatedTo → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Nebraska Territory → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Territory of Orleans → locatedIn → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Territory of Orleans → predecessor → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Louisiana Territory → significantEvent → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

Louisiana Territory → treaty → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase Treaty

United States state of Missouri → partOf → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

subject surface form: Missouri

Fort Osage National Historic Landmark → associatedWith → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana Purchase frontier

Fort Osage → follows → Louisiana Purchase ⓘ