Needed cash to continue his European War.
He no longer needed a base in North America. (apex)
France was short on cash and he was willing to sell in order to continue the War in Europe.
Actually, he sort of didn't "ask" for it; the American government sent an envoy to offer him money for New Orleans. Napoleon offered far more territory than the Americans were asking for, at a price that was only slightly higher than they had been willing to pay for New Orleans alone.
Facing another war with Great Britain and in need of funds, Napoleon Bonaparte reversed his thoughts of a new French Empire in the Americas and sold the entire colony.
Napoleon was a threat to the United States because he was in control of an army and navy powerful enough to destroy the United States at that time. However, Napoleon was not interested in making an enemy of the Americans and actually considered the Americans to be a useful thorn in the side of his true enemy: the British.
It Made Napoleon willing to sell the Louisiana territory.
Made Napoleon willing to sell the Louisiana Territory.
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Made Napoleon willing to sell the Louisiana Territory. (apex)
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Louisiana purchase
He no longer needed a base in North America. (apex)
In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte made a deal with Thomas Jefferson to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States. He did this because he needed money to pay for all the wars he had started in Europe.
France was short on cash and he was willing to sell in order to continue the War in Europe.
Napoleon was willing to sell Louisiana in order to collect money for the impending War against Great Britain, which broke then out on May 15,1803.
Actually, he sort of didn't "ask" for it; the American government sent an envoy to offer him money for New Orleans. Napoleon offered far more territory than the Americans were asking for, at a price that was only slightly higher than they had been willing to pay for New Orleans alone.
He no longer needed a base in North America.