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What geographical feature represented the western boundary of the U.S. BEFORE the Louisiana Purchase

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The Rocky (then referred to as “Stony”) Mountains were accepted as the western limit of the Louisiana Territory, and the Mississippi River was considered for all practical purposes the eastern boundary of the great purchase.

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