yes the Americans bought the Louisiana territory and it was called the "Louisiana purchase" Actually the Louisiana purchase almost doubled the size of the U.S. and it included Louisiana, Colorado, a...
Not entirely. The Louisiana Purchase included a huge swath of land west of the Mississippi River -- the Louisiana Territory (French Le Louisiane) was nearly as large as the existing United States,...
The land was originally owned by the Native Americans, but it was stolen by several people and eventually Thomas Jefferson bought it. The Natives were forcibly removed from their land.