Napoleon was getting ready to declare war on Britain so the money would come in handy.
He no longer needed a base in North America. (apex)
to avoid war with France
He needed the cash to continue his European War.
he needed money to pay for a war with Britain
Thomas Jefferson with the united states. the land was called the Louisiana purchase and consisted of 2 current U.S. states. The land costed Jefferson $15 million! Hope that helped you!
France held its territory of Louisiana and had plans to use it in parallel to its other colony of Haiti to create a large slavery and sugarcane production business. However, this failed and Louisiana was just a barren wasteland to them. At the same time, the US was looking to expand its borders but was only looking at France's port of New Orleans. The US went to France offering over three million dollars for the city and port of New Orleans. However, France said they'd give all of Louisiana for just fifteen million dollars. The Americans couldn't resist such a deal and accepted. Thus concludes the Louisiana Purchase.
the kings of the expedtion was the one who want money
Napoleon Bonaparte was the French leader who sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. for 15 million dollars in 1803. One reason Napoleon agreed to this deal was because he needed money to prepare to fight a war in Europe.
One reason France made the Louisiana purchase was because Napoleon needed to consolidate his armies to conquer the rest of England. He did not have a large enough Navy to fight in England and maintain the land in America too.
At one point, the Louisiana Territory
expansion
money