<span>The Dawes Act had a negative effect on American Indians, as it ended their communal holding of property, by which they had ensured that everyone had a home and a place in the tribe.</span>
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.
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