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Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase (1803) US acquisition from France of over two million sq km (828,000 sq miles) of territory stretching north from the mouth of the Mississippi to its source and west to the Rockies. France had ceded Louisiana to Spain in 1762 but regained it by treaty in 1801. Concerned at the possible closure of the Mississippi to commerce and the related threat to US security, President
JEFFERSON sent James
MONROE to France in 1803 to help negotiate free navigation and the purchase of New Orleans and west Florida. At war again with Britain, Napoleon was anxious not to have extensive overseas territories to defend and sold the whole of Louisiana to the US for $15 million. Although the Constitution gave no authority to purchase new territory or promise it statehood, the Senate confirmed the agreement, increasing US territory by some 140% and transforming the USA into a continental nation.
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LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES OPEN SESSION MINUTES, SEPT. 12
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/12/2007; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following open session minutes: LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER...OF SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 OPEN SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HELD IN BATON ROUGE...
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Louisiana senator highlights state's unique qualities at LSU
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/17/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana State University administrators took an unusual and comedic tour of Louisiana from their seats in the Tiger Stadium...Rouge, La., was their guide. The Louisiana tour was actually Dardenne's presentation...
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LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES CALENDAR FOR AUGUST MONTH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/1/2006; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Sales & Service, LLC (Lydia, Louisiana), ex parte. In re: Application for...proposed service, south of Alexandria, Louisiana Date: 8/1/2006 Time: 10:00AM...
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LOUISIANA NEEDS TO CONTINUE REFORMS THROUGH 'RACE TO THE TOP'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/31/2009; 700+ words
; ...BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 30 -- The Louisiana Department of Education issued the following press release: Louisiana needs to continue reforms through...Superintendent Paul Pastorek, give Louisiana a strong shot at big bucks in Race...
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LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES OPEN SESSION MINUTES, MAY 25
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/25/2006; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the following open...minutes: MINUTES OF MAY 25, 2006 OPEN SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION HELD IN NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA. PRESENT: CHAIRMAN JAMES FIELD, VICE CHAIRMAN...
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Louisiana Energy Users Group Requests Dismissal of Entergy Fili?gs
PR Newswire; 12/4/1996; 700+ words
; ...La., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Louisiana Energy Users Group ("LEUG"), an...Dismiss two Entergy filings before the Louisiana Public Service commission. The two filings from Entergy Gulf States and Entergy Louisiana seek to delay the transition from a monopoly...
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LOUISIANA MEDICAID ENDING FOR PEOPLE OUT OF STATE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/3/2006; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals issued the following press release: Starting this week, people with health coverage through Louisiana Medicaid or the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) and who are...
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Louisiana's window to the world.(Louisiana Library Network)
Magazine article from: Computers in Libraries; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...that resulted in the development of the Louisiana Library Network, every man, woman, and child in Louisiana now has the ability to cruise, peruse, and ultimately use the resources of the Louisiana State Library, 18 academic libraries...
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LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES BULLETIN 867 - AUG. 24
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/24/2007; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Official Bulletin was published by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Galvez Building...602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 (Post Office Box 91154, Baton...
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LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES BULLETIN 894 - NOV. 30
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/30/2007; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Official Bulletin was published by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Galvez Building...602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 (Post Office Box 91154, Baton...
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Louisiana
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
LOUISIANA LOUISIANA, a southeastern state bordered on the west by the Sabine River, Texas...the state of Mississippi; and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana's French and Spanish history endowed the state with a rich and unique...
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is situated on the Mississippi River. It is about 100...mainland. Before the arrival of Europeans in the 1500s Louisiana was home to the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Natchez Indians...
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Louisiana Purchase
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
LOUISIANA PURCHASE The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 doubled the size of the United States, gave the...in part thirteen states: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma...
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Black Creoles of Louisiana
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Black Creoles of Louisiana ETHNONYMS: Afro-French, Black Creoles...Black Creole culture in southern Louisiana derives from contact and synthesis...affiliation that characterize southern Louisiana society as a whole, Creole ethnic...
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French Illinois and Louisiana
Book article from: American Eras
French Illinois and Louisiana Exploration. The French presence...drainage basin for France under the name Louisiana. Le Pays des Illinois. The Illinois...remainder from Switzerland, Italy, and Louisiana. There was also a considerable black...
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