Minister to France Robert Livingston to negotiate with French minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand on his behalf for the purchase of New Orleans. Jefferson later sent future United States president James Monroe to aid Livingston in the talks. Shortly before Monroe arrived, France asked Livingston if the United States was interested in purchasing the entire Louisiana territory. Livingston, shocked, yet not wanting to waste time consulting with Jefferson and chancing France changing their minds, accepted the offer and bought the entire territory for $15 million, or 3 cents per acre. In present-day, this territory includes the entirety of Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. The territory also includes parts of Minnesota, western Louisiana, northeastern New Mexico, South Dakota, northern Texas, parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado. The purchase of The Louisiana Territory during Thomas Jefferson's presidency not only expanded farmland and trade, but also gave birth to multiculturalism and the conflicts of slavery related to
Minister to France Robert Livingston to negotiate with French minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand on his behalf for the purchase of New Orleans. Jefferson later sent future United States president James Monroe to aid Livingston in the talks. Shortly before Monroe arrived, France asked Livingston if the United States was interested in purchasing the entire Louisiana territory. Livingston, shocked, yet not wanting to waste time consulting with Jefferson and chancing France changing their minds, accepted the offer and bought the entire territory for $15 million, or 3 cents per acre. In present-day, this territory includes the entirety of Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. The territory also includes parts of Minnesota, western Louisiana, northeastern New Mexico, South Dakota, northern Texas, parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado. The purchase of The Louisiana Territory during Thomas Jefferson's presidency not only expanded farmland and trade, but also gave birth to multiculturalism and the conflicts of slavery related to