But it gave up French Louisiana after the end of the Seven Years' War in Europe (1754-1763). Under the treaty terms, France ceded the western half of Louisiana to Spain in 1763, and the eastern half to Great Britain. France regained Louisiana secretly in 1800 and sold it to the US in 1803.
The problem was that Jefferson already owned France money.
France Not France. During the time period when the United States signed the Constitution, Spain owned the Louisiana Territory. France later gained the territory shortly before President Thomas Jefferson made the decision to buy it.
I can name one, France. I think Mexico might have owned it too. I am not sure
France had the control before the united states got.
Before the United States bought it, it was owned by the French, but when it was sold in theLouisiana Purchase, France sold the United States some land that belonged to Spain, like Florida.
The Louisiana Territory belonged to France. Its sale to the United States was done under the auspices of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was emperor of France in 1803.
Before the advent of the Spanish the territory was unclaimed by any European power.
Florida was owned by Spain, and Louisiana was owned by France in 1787.
Tonga is its own country not owned by the U.S.A.
At least six different counties owned Louisiana, two of which were France and the U.S.A.
The whole territory of Louisiana (around 12 states) was owned by the Spanish, but Napoleon persuaded the Spanish to give it back to France in 1802. The Us bought the territory from Napoleon in 1803.
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