The Story of America's Strategy

In the purchase, it said they referred to the land of the colony or province of Louisiana with the same extent it now has in the hands of Spain and that it had when France possessed it. So they sent Lewis and Clark out because we didn't really know even what we had as far like the borders were very hazy. In one sense, the Louisiana Purchase helped kickstart that country that would go on to do some really cool, important things. Unfortunately, on the other hand, it gave us the Midwest. Oh, man.