Louisiana Purchase

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• Society › History › By Region › North America › United States › Presidents › Jefferson, Thomas
• Society › History › By Topic › Exploration › Explorers › Lewis and Clark

Sites 4

• The Louisiana Purchase and the Exploration, Early History, and Building of the West The history of the Louisiana Territory both before and after its purchase by the United States. Text of 1903 book by Ripley Hitchcock.
• The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial in Arkansas Bicentennial events in Arkansas, with news and calendar.
• Avalon Project at Yale Law School:The Louisiana Purchase, 1803 Contains documents relating to the purchase: treaties, conventions, statutes, and messages to Congress during the period 1800-1804. Also includes Hunter Miller's notes on the 1803 treaty of purchase. From the Avalon Project web site of documents in law, history, and diplomacy.
• Teaching about the Louisiana Purchase Provides an overview of the Louisiana Purchase with tips for teaching about it to students.