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What were the circumstances that enabled the United States to purchase Louisiana from France?

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What did the Louisiana Purchase achieve for the United States?
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic.
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