Napoleon sold Louisiana because there was a war about to start with Great Britain and the french the land would almost be trashed from the war.
Robert Livingston and James Monroe arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They wanted to purchase the port of New Orleans and were surprised when the French offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napolean, he needed money quickly so he sold the land.
Needed cash to continue his European War.
Robert Livingston and James Monroe arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They wanted to purchase the port of New Orleans and were surprised when the French offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory.
Robert Livingston and James Monroe arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. They wanted to purchase the port of New Orleans and were surprised when the French offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory.
Napoleon Bonaparte
No.Just James Monroe tried to buy New Orleans
to start tobacco plantations
The Louisiana Purchase to the United States.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Yes, Napoleon was anxious to sell the Louisiana Territory because he needed the money to continue his war with England.
New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana more than doubled the size of the United States.Napoleon Bonaparte offered to sell Louisiana ~ more than 800,000 square miles ~ for just $15 million. He did this because he needed money for the war.
because it was borde off the peeople there
Because they felt like it
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