Battle of Vertieres

Researching more into Haiti’s history one will discovered that by winning the Battle Vertieres on November 18th 1803, Haiti forced France to sell its Louisiana territory to the US.

Le Nouvelliste
Par Le Nouvelliste
14 juil. 2016 | Lecture : 1 min.
This enabled the US to double its size. France’s Louisiana territory today comprises the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. In addition it also included part of Minnesota, North Dakota and most of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, portions of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and all of Louisiana. In addition, it included Canadian land that are now the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.. By Rachele Viard

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