napoleon bonaparte
The question seems to relate to Napoleon's offer to sell to the United States, the vast amount of land France claimed to own in North America. With that said, Napoleon needed funds to aid his war efforts in Europe. The Louisiana Purchase provided him with funds and increased the size of territory of the United States.
The whole territory of Louisiana (around 12 states) was owned by the Spanish, but Napoleon persuaded the Spanish to give it back to France in 1802. The Us bought the territory from Napoleon in 1803.
This purchase was made in 1803 when Napoleon ruled France. The French did not have a king at this time.
In 1803, Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from Napoleon for $15 million, almost doubling the size of the United States.
napoleon bonaparte
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.
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No , Napoleon Bonaparte gave the United States the Louisiana Territory for 3 cents an acre for various reasons
The question seems to relate to Napoleon's offer to sell to the United States, the vast amount of land France claimed to own in North America. With that said, Napoleon needed funds to aid his war efforts in Europe. The Louisiana Purchase provided him with funds and increased the size of territory of the United States.
Napoleon sold French Louisiana to the US in 1803 as the Louisiana Purchase.
The whole territory of Louisiana (around 12 states) was owned by the Spanish, but Napoleon persuaded the Spanish to give it back to France in 1802. The Us bought the territory from Napoleon in 1803.
Napoleon sold the area to the United States.
France. North Dakota was part of the Louisiana Purchase that the US bought from Emperor Napoleon I in 1803.
Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to the nascent United States when he failed to take back Saint-Domingue from the Haitian slave revolt.
France was going downhill moneywise and Napoleon was trying to control everything, so he needed the 15mil. that Jefferson paid.
Louisiana purchase