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In the year 1803, the United States of America purchased the approximately 828 million square miles of territory from France, doubling its territory. Because of Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory, 15 states were added in the territory of America. It stretched from the Canadian border in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south and from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Mississippi River in the East.
Best Answer: The English colonies of New York and New Jersey were created from the earlier Dutch colony of New Netherlands. The settlement of New Amsterdam became New York City. The Dutch also had claims and settlements in what would become Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
