President Donald Trump has refused to rule out military coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, and he suggested ...

Fifteen million dollars is the original amount spent by the U.S. to France for The Louisiana Purchase, and by today's standards, the price of the expansive territory is still considered a steal.

The U.S. initially acquired the rights to build and operate the Panama Canal in 1903 through the Hay–Bunau–Varilla Treaty which gave the U.S. a 10-mile wide strip of land for a one-time payment of $10 ...

And whereas in pursuance of the Treaty and particularly of the third article the French Republic has an incontestible title to the domain and to the possession of the said Territory--The First ...

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

National Archives The Louisiana Purchase ... Jefferson negotiated the purchase of the territory. While many who had criticized Jefferson forgot their misgivings in the wake of the sale, New ...

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compared President-elect Trump’s talk of acquiring Greenland to the Louisiana Purchase. Fetterman joined ... Trump’s call to acquire the Danish territory as he prepares to take office again.

according to the Hill. “If anyone thinks that’s bonkers, it’s like, well, remember the Louisiana Purchase?” he said. The Louisiana Purchase happened in 1803, when the U.S. bought an ...