On April 30, 1803, the United states agreed to buy the territory from the mouth of the Mississippi river to the Rockies and northward to Canada from France. During this time, Napoleon was leading France at the time, and he needed money because of the war. So this gave America the opportunity for land, and France the opportunity for money. With 900,000 square miles of land, this than doubled the size of the United states. This purchase gave us Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas,Nebraska, parts of Minnesota. It is very real to say, that if this purchase never happened, there may not be and america today. This land sold for $27,627,622; or four cents an anchor. That would equivalent to $409,234,150.88 today, being 59 cents an anchor.
