No, he was the seller, and the US was the buyer.
The Louisiana Territory was purchases from Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
France.The Louisiana Territory was owned by France, and was sold to Thomas Jefferson by Napoleon Bonaparte.
According to most textbooks, Napoleon Boaparte offered the Louisiana Territory. As quick as a flash, Thomas Jefferson told Bonaparte that he will buy it.
US President Thomas Jefferson concluded a treaty with Napoleon to buy the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson bought it from the French.
Bonaparte needed the cash fast since he was at war with three other countries. He sold the Louisiana territory for only $15,000 in order to make a quick buck.
France (Napolean Bonaparte during the European wars in the early 1900s)
It might be seen by the Coalition as providing aid and comfort to their enemies.
Napoleon sold the Louisiana territory to USA which almost doubled the size of the USA. This was sold for a very low price for a lot of land. This was important, because Napoleon helped the USA a lot by selling them this land. When the US president bought it, they were thinking it was unconstitutional, but in the end decided to buy it. This purchase was called the "LOUISIANA PURCHASE!" Napoleon was the leader of France at the time
The us purchased the louisiana territory from Napoleon Bonaparte. It cost about 15 million dollars.
Thomas Jefferson bought land from Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of france, rejected the americans' offer to buy New Orleans because he had to send french colonists into the Louisiana Territory to establish French settlements.