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What best descirbes why Napoleon offered The Louisiana Purchase?
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Who sold Louisiana to America?
The Louisiana Territory was purchases from Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
What acquisition nearly doubled the size of the US?
The Louisiana purchase from France in 1803 doubled the territorial size of the US. Napoleon offered for sale the huge territory called the Louisiana Territory.
Brought nearly 500000 additional square miles of land to America?
The Louisiana purchase from France in 1803 doubled the territorial size of the US. Napoleon offered for sale the huge territory called the Louisiana Territory.
Why did Jefferson sent representatives to France?
Jefferson wanted Monroe, along with the US minister to France, Robert Livingston, to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans. Napoleon instead offered all of the French claims in the Mississippi valley, and the 1803 agreement became known as the Louisiana Purchase.
What leader of what country offered to sell the Louisiana territory t the US?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What was the original town to buy in The Louisiana Purchase?
The original intent was to purchase the port of New Orleans to provide control over the mouth of the Mississippi River. However, Jefferson was surprised when Napoleon offered instead to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to shore up France's faltering economy.
Who sold Louisiana territory to Jefferson?
According to most textbooks, Napoleon Boaparte offered the Louisiana Territory. As quick as a flash, Thomas Jefferson told Bonaparte that he will buy it.
What had president Thomas Jefferson hoped to buy before napoleon offered him the Louisiana territory?
New Orleans.
Which president purchased the Louisiana Territory during his term?
Thomas Jefferson proposed and completed the Louisiana Purchase from France and Napoleon in 1803. Robert Livingstone and James Monroe traveled to France to negotiate the purchase. The original intent was to purchase only enough land to guarantee access to the Mississippi and the port of New Orleans. Napoleon apparently needed money and offered the entire Louisiana Territory for $15 million or about 3 cents per acre. After the purchase was made, Jefferson assigned Lewis and Clark the job of exploring the territory. Congress had to approve the final purchase and arrange to borrow the $15 million purchase price. Thomas Jefferson was our 3rd President serving from March, 1801 to March, 1809.
Why Napoleon needed money?
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.
Why was the Louisiana territory purchased?
Jefferson needed the New Orleans port for the people of the western frontier to transfer their products down the Mississippi River. Originally he offered to buy just New Orleans, but Napoleon offered all of the Louisiana Territory (in part to frustrate the designs of the British, who had taken Canada from France). The 1803 Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the US, and opened the way for westward expansion.
Who were the two men who arranged the purchase of the 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.
