<span>Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired </span>approximately 827,000 square miles<span> of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.</span>
A.an increase in purchasing power
In general it was white men own owned property who maintained power in the government of the colonies, and these were the same people who could vote in local and state elections.
