NAPOLEON!!
France sold the lousisiana territory to the US
France sold the Louisiana Territory to the USA.
Napoleon sold French Louisiana to the US in 1803 as the Louisiana Purchase.
France
France
He sold the Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million.
According to most textbooks, Napoleon Boaparte offered the Louisiana Territory. As quick as a flash, Thomas Jefferson told Bonaparte that he will buy it.
Sold it to the us
Napoleon (France)
The main reason the Louisiana territory was sold to the US was because the seller, France was broke following recent war expenses. The Louisiana Territory roughly encompassed 13 central and western states, from Louisiana to Montana.
The Louisiana Territory was purchases from Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
The French territory in the Americas that Napoleon sold is known as the Louisiana Territory. In 1803, he sold it to the United States in a transaction known as the Louisiana Purchase, which significantly expanded U.S. territory. This acquisition doubled the size of the United States and had a profound impact on its westward expansion.