More than 100 million Americans have high cholesterol (above 200 mg/dL), which can clog arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes. The good news is that there are a variety of time-tested strategies you can use to lower your cholesterol and decrease your risk for heart problems.
Louisiana Purchase, 1803. 1  The Louisiana Purchase encompassed 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
Purchased from France in 1803, the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, created an opportunity for westward expansion, increased conflict with Native Americans, renewed the question of whether the new territories should be slave or free, and angered the British government by giving France, Britain's European rival, $15 million.