The U.S. initially acquired the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal in 1903 through the Hay–Bunau–Varilla Treaty ...

President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...

Fifteen million dollars is the original amount spent by the U.S. to France for The Louisiana Purchase, and by today's standards, the price of the expansive territory is still considered a steal.

National Archives The Louisiana Purchase ... Jefferson negotiated the purchase of the territory. While many who had criticized Jefferson forgot their misgivings in the wake of the sale, New ...

That’s pretty much the Louisiana Purchase in a nutshell ... By the time Spain noticed France had encroached on their territory, it was too late. Fast-forward from 1682 to 1762.

Modern-day territory sales are rare ... This included the "Louisiana Purchase," vast swathes of land in North America, bought from France in 1803 for US$15 million (an estimated US$416 million ...

When the territory of Missouri applied for admission ... be carved from the vast area acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Should slavery be allowed in the new state of Missouri?

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

50 States #1 in Fiscal Stability Traders and trappers began to explore the land that now comprises Wyoming in the early 1800s, after the U.S. gained the territory through the Louisiana Purchase.

compared President-elect Trump’s talk of acquiring Greenland to the Louisiana Purchase. Fetterman joined Fox News, alongside Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), on Tuesday to discuss the concern surrounding ...