--- title: "Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from?" description: "Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from?" author: "Vishal Kesarwani" published: 2018-10-01 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50076/who-did-the-us-purchase-the-louisiana-territory-from category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["usa history"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from? ## Answers ### Answer by Sarda Kumari ## An overview The history of the **present US state of Louisiana** started about a thousand years ago when the indigenous people of the area inhabited it. The first [permanent settlement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39550/after-the-permanent-settlement-what-fraction-of-the-revenue-derived-by-the-zamindars-to-the-company-was-to-be-remitted) is reported back to the **archaic period,5500 years ago.** People started inhabiting the **Mississippi region around 800 ad**, [referred to as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39930/at-the-turn-of-the-century-widespread-panic-occurred-that-at-midnight-all-computers-would-reset-to-zero-and-life-as-we-knew-it-would-cease-to-exist-what-was-this-doomsday-theory-commonly-referred-to-as) the woodland period. Other civilizations emerging around the same time included the Marksville and the tchefuncte cultures, which were ancestors of th**e people of Natchez and taensa.** ![Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b25e8d88-a366-4616-929c-8f4834087872/images/0ab850d6-9d89-4546-baa9-453793e954b1.jpeg)\ Read also: [**how-did-the-us-acqired-louisiana-territory?**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50170/how-did-the-us-acqired-louisiana-territory) \ Europeans started arriving in the late 1500s. It soon became a french colony and was **named la Louisiane**, after the **french king Louis XIV**. Spain then occupied Louisiana around the 1770s. The Us proposed the [Louisiana purchase](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51314/what-were-the-approximate-latitude-and-longitude-measurement-of-the-united-states-before-the-louisiana-purchase) treaty in 1803, according to which the area would be divided into **two territories, the Orlean territory, and the Louisiana district.** \ Thousands of **refugees arrived in Louisiana from the saint Dominican regions** during the [Haitian revolution](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101223/what-was-the-impact-of-the-haitian-revolution) of the 1790s. These emigrants included creoles and [enslaved people](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34887/name-the-network-of-safe-houses-and-routes-used-by-enslaved-people-of-african-descent-in-order-to-escape-the-south-and-move-to-the-north-or-even-canada-during-the-19th-century). Some refugees migrated to Cuba but were expelled and came to Louisiana around 1809. the **settlements of creoles enlarged the french community in Louisiana.** \ The largest slave revolt in the **history of America [took place](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81777/introduction-to-rezang-la-pass-where-indian-vs-chinese-army-fight-took-place) around 1811, during which more than 500 enslave**d people had risen onto the german coast and marched 20 miles in the city. the US troops, along with the help of the **citizen militias, had to gather for suppressing the revolt.** ![Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b25e8d88-a366-4616-929c-8f4834087872/images/eacf2afa-7728-4e66-b5b6-4b5bb29b05cf.jpeg)\ Read also:[**why-did-you-buy-new-orldleans-and-louisiana-territory?**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50172/why-did-you-buy-new-orldleans-and-louisiana-territory) \ The [united states](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85733/lifestyle-differences-between-india-and-united-states) [won the battle](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35293/who-won-the-battle-of-germantown-1777) of New Orleans against Europe, and Louisiana officially became the 18th state of the **US ON 30th April 1812**. However, the **western Louisiana regions were in constant disputes with the Spanish** texas till the r**atification of the adam onis treaty of 1819.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50076/who-did-the-us-purchase-the-louisiana-territory-from Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.