The United States Takes Louisiana
The U.S. doubles in size overnight but not everyone was happy...
December 20, 1803
On this date at The Cabildo, a large structure that still stands today next to the Saint Louis Cathedral on Jackson Square in New Orleans, the government of France officially transferred the Territory of Louisiana to the United States.
Back on October 20, the U.S. Senate had rati…
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