1 Committee consideration by Ways and Means. 2  Passed the House on October 8, 2009 (416â0) 3  Passed the Senate as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on December 24, 2009 (60â39) with amendment.  House agreed to Senate amendment on March 21, 2010 (219â212)
Louisiana Purchase, 1803. 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.
The Louisiana Purchase - He bought a large section of land to the west of the original 13 colonies from Napoleon of France. 1  Although much of this land was unsettled, it was so large it nearly doubled the size of the United States. He also made a really good deal buying all this land for only 15 million dollars.