In exchanging , the United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30<span> and signed on </span>May 2<span>. In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase, and in </span>December 1803<span> France transferred authority over the region to the United States.</span>
The Chinese attempted to block its influence by building the great wall.
New technologies created a more modern way of living and made everything much more industrialized, which started the beginning of the industrial revolution.