The state of Kansas was divided between the French, English, Spanish and Americans. France ceded its North American possessions at the end of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War. New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory west of the Mississippi were in the possession of Spain in 1762. The French territories east of the Mississippi, including Canada, were ceded to Great Britain. Napoleon, who took power in 1799, aimed to regain control of North American territory. As part of the Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spanish King Charles IV signed a decree in October 1802 transferring the territory of Louisiana to France. In 1803 Napoleon Bonaparte sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States. This transaction became known as the Louisiana Purchase. The Louisiana Purchase allowed the United States to acquire land west of the Mississippi, including Kansas. Kansas was chaotic when the United States acquired it. Although technical ownership of the land now known as Kansas rested with the United States, natives had lived on the land many years before its confiscation. There were many indigenous tribes living in Kansas before it became a state. Some of the tribes include: Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kansa, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, Osage, Pawnee, Plains Apache, and Wichita. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, most of the tribes were attacked, killed, or moved to reservations. In 1829, the Delaware, also known as the Lenape, were the first Indians to sign a treaty granting them land in what we now call Kansas. It took much longer for some tribes to acquire land, in 1930; nearly 30 tribes were given land in the areas. These tribes included: Cherokee, Chippewa, Delaware, Iowa, Iroqu...... middle of paper ...... extension. “Wildlife in Kansas” Retrieved December 13, 2013. http://www.wildlife.ksu.edu/15. Riley County Historical Museum. “Exodus Movement”. Retrieved December 12, 2013. http://rileycountyhistoricalmuseum.weebly.com/exoduster-movement-1879.html16. The United States today. "Top Ten Places to Visit in Kansas": Travel Tips. Retrieved December 12, 2013. http://traveltips.usatoday.com/top-10-places-visit-kansas-62263.html17. Washburn University. "Kansas Timeline: Eras and Characters." Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://www.washburn.edu/cas/history/stucker/timeline.html18. Werner, Morris. “Emigrant Wheelbarrow of 1850”. –Kansas Heritage. Retrieved December 13, 2013. http://www.kansasheritage.org/werner/wheemigr.html19. Yale Law School. “Treatment of San Ildefonso”. –The Avalon Project. Retrieved December 13, 2013. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ildefens.asp