12 Incredible Facts About The Louisiana Purchase

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JEFFERSON DREAMS OF AN EMPIRE OF LIBERTY At the beginning of the 1800s the There were only 16 states Great United States did not look like it Britain held the land to the north does today It was much smaller Spain controlled the Floridas to the Most Americans lived on the East South and the land in the far west Coast near the Atlantic Ocean The Floridas included the present day Florida and the land along the coast of Louisiana France claimed the central part of what is the United States today In 1801 Thomas Jefferson became the third president of the United States Since he was a young boy Jefferson had been fascinated with the West But no one knew much about the geography or wildlife of the area Even less was known about President Thomas Jefferson