[DOC] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello [PAR] The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and 
France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles ... reports 
that Spain would retrocede to France the vast territory of Louisiana. As the United 
States had expanded westward, navigation of the Mississippi River and access... [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia [PAR] The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 
square miles) by the United States from France in 1803. ... The treaty also 
recognized American rights to navigate the entire Mississippi, which had become 
... Southerners feared that Napoleon would free all the slaves in Louisiana, which 
could... [DOC] [TLE] Pinckney's Treaty - Wikipedia [PAR] It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and 
guaranteed the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. [DOC] [TLE] The Mississippi River and the Expansion of America [PAR] The Mississippi River is the largest river system in the United States,at more ... It 
has played a vital role in the physical and economic growth of the US. ... 
Navigation grew and developed with the settlement of the lower Mississippi 
Valley. ... The United States bought the territory from France in the Louisiana 
Purchase of 1803. [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] The region included the Mississippi River and its tributaries westward to the 
Rocky ... into the massive Mississippi Valley, offering navigation and fertile 
farmlands, ... Like many Americans, Jefferson warily eyed the vast Louisiana 
Territory as a ... 30 April 1803, and the United States formally took possession of 
the region in... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. LAND ACQUISIONS SINCE 1803 - EUdesign [PAR] U.S. LAND ACQUISITIONS SINCE 1803 ... the locations of every territorial 
acquisition by the United States of America from 1803 onwards: ... The purchase 
came about as a result of concern to secure free navigation of the Mississippi 
River. [DOC] [TLE] Lewis and Clark - World Geography & Culture Online - Print Page [PAR] The Louisiana Purchase (1803) included all of the present-day states of ... The 
purchase incorporated territory from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
. ... Spain gave it back in 1800 under the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso. ... size of 
the United States, provided land for settlement, and guaranteed free navigation 
on... [DOC] [TLE] Lousiana Purchase - The Lehrman Institute [PAR] But in the difficult days of 1803, the Jefferson Administration and its envoys in ... 
Under intense pressure, Spain ceded the Louisiana territory back to France in a 
... 8 Overnight, Americans in the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers had 
no ..... to stipulate the right of the United States to...free Navigation of the 
Mississippi,... [DOC] [TLE] December 20, 1803  United States Gets Louisiana Territory ... [PAR] Dec 20, 2008 ... ... the Louisiana Territory to the United States on December 20, 1803. ... control of 
the port of Louisiana and free navigation of the Mississippi River spurred ... 
empower the federal government to acquire new territory by treaty,... [DOC] [TLE] Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase [ushistory.org] [PAR] U.S. History ... Free African Americans in the Colonial Era, f. .... Mississippi River 
captures the haunting image of a navigation station under a full ... Thomas 
Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803  over 600 ... The gains 
were dramatic, as the territory acquired would in time add 13 new states to the 
union. [DOC] [TLE] The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire ... [PAR] In the case of the Mississippi, the head of navigation  just north of ... U.S. 
Transport CostsFree ... It is worth briefly explaining why Stratfor fixates on 
navigable rivers as .... Most of the former is United States territory, but the latter is 
Canadian  in .... even before the Americans were able to acquire the Louisiana 
Territory. [DOC] [TLE] Before Lewis & Clark - Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America ... [PAR] The property contained over five miles of valuable contiguous Ohio River ... 
Spanish exploration and settlement in the present-day American Southwest can 
be

Question: This 1803 territorial acquisition gave the U.S. free navigation of the Mississippi River
Answer: Louisiana Purchase