"Every state West of the Mississippi had it's Freedom from France negotiated and Paid for , by the Union Government"
You mean Arkansas was a state and held in bond to France before the big purchase? Wow! I had no idea.
Wrong. The feds paid for the territory, but that doesn't negate how states are created and formed. The people of the territory voted to create the states. Congress didn't buy the land and declare the states' existence, placing a gov and assembly into the sates.
You mean Arkansas was a state and held in bond to France before the big purchase?
No Arkansas did not become a state until 1836.
I know Fourth Grade was a couple of years ago, but this may help...
The territory named after King Louis XIV of France included all or part of the present states of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama.