1800:Spain cedes this large territory to France
Spain acquired the territory from 
France, who had named it La Louisiane in .... Spain ceded Florida and land east 
of the Mississippi (including Baton... [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello [PAR] Jefferson's vision of obtaining territory from Spain was altered by the ... and 
French territories east of the Mississippi, including Canada, were ceded to Britain 
the next year.