LOUISIANA PURCHASE ~ 1804

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On March 10, 1804 there was a formal ceremony in St. Louis to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States of America.

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The recent earthquake in Haiti brought up the point that the slave rebellion against French troops in Haiti was one of the major incentives for Napoleon to sell Louisiana to the new American republic.