Question

How to do United States pay for the Louisiana purchase

Answer 1

Louisiana Purchase was settled with $3M payment in gold as a down payment, and the US issued bonds for the rest.

Answer 2

The Louisiana Purchase was a land purchase made by United States president, Thomas Jefferson, in 1803. He bought the Louisiana territory from France, which was being led by Napoleon Bonaparte at the time, for 15,000,000 USD. ... Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War.