[PAR] [TLE] Francois Xavier Martin [SEP] François Xavier Martin (March 17, 1762 – December 10, 1846), was an American jurist and author, the first Attorney General of State of Louisiana, and longtime Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.  Born in France, he immigrated to North Carolina before the American Revolutionary War.  He was appointed as Attorney General of the Territory of Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase; he also helped untangle layers of French and Spanish colonial law in the territory and subsequent state of Louisiana.  His legal writing and reviews of cases was important to codification of Louisiana law in the 1820s. [PAR] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase [SEP] The Louisiana Purchase (French: "Vente de la Louisiane" "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.  The U.S. paid fifty million francs ($11,250,000 USD) and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs ($3,750,000 USD) for a total of sixty-eight million francs ($15,000,000 USD, or around $250m in 2016 dollars).  The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.  The territory contained land that forms Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a large portion of North Dakota; a large portion of South Dakota; the northeastern section of New Mexico; the northern portion of Texas; the area of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River (plus New Orleans); and small portions of land within the present Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.  Its non-native population was around 60,000 inhabitants, of whom half were African slaves.
[PAR] [TLE] Francois Xavier Martin [ SEP ] François Xavier Martin ( March 17 , 1762 – December 10 , 1846 ) , was an American jurist and author , the first Attorney General of State of Louisiana , and longtime Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court . Born in France , he immigrated to North Carolina before the American Revolutionary War . He was appointed as Attorney General of the Territory of Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase ; he also helped untangle layers of French and Spanish colonial law in the territory and subsequent state of Louisiana . His legal writing and reviews of cases was important to codification of Louisiana law in the 1820s . [PAR] [TLE] Louisiana Purchase [ SEP ] The Louisiana Purchase ( French : " Vente de la Louisiane " " Sale of Louisiana " ) was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory ( 828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km² ) by the United States from France in 1803 . The U.S. paid fifty million francs ( $ 11,250,000 USD ) and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs ( $ 3,750,000 USD ) for a total of sixty - eight million francs ( $ 15,000,000 USD , or around $ 250 m in 2016 dollars ) . The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces . The territory contained land that forms Arkansas , Missouri , Iowa , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Nebraska ; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River ; a large portion of North Dakota ; a large portion of South Dakota ; the northeastern section of New Mexico ; the northern portion of Texas ; the area of Montana , Wyoming , and Colorado east of the Continental Divide ; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River ( plus New Orleans ) ; and small portions of land within the present Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan . Its non - native population was around 60,000 inhabitants , of whom half were African slaves .
After what major event between the United States and France did Francois Xavier Martin get appointed as attorney general?
After what major event between the United States and France did Francois Xavier Martin get appointed as attorney general ?
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase