In 1800 the French ruler Napolean Bonaparte signed the Treaty of San Ildefonso with the Spanish King.
Spain returned the colony of Louisiana to France.
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YES. Napoleon acquired Louisiana from King Charles IV of Spain under the terms of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) and the Treaty of Aranjuez (1801). In 1803, he sold it to the United States in what has been termed the "Louisiana Purchase".
France, about to lose the French and Indian War in Canada, ceded its southern claims (Louisiana) to its Seven Years War ally Spain under the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762). This meant that Britain only received the smaller part of Louisiana, east of the Mississippi, in the Treaty of Paris (1763). Spain controlled Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico coast, and the lower Mississippi Valley during the Revolutionary War (1776-1783), after which Britain still controlled Canada, but none of Louisiana. Under another secret treaty, the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800), Spain returned Louisiana to Napoleon, who sold all of the territory to the US in 1803.
when Spain gave the Louisiana territory back to France witch lead to the Louisiana purchase On October 18, 1803 by: Jared Jones
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No. The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Spain once owned Louisiana as a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763. But, the French got it back with a secret treaty in 1800. Presient Jefferson used the Louisiana Purchase as a result, gaining much land.
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The Spanish secretly held claim to Louisiana after the Treaty of Fountainbleu (1762), but did not take possession until 1764. It was transferred back to France for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Spain supported the colonials against Great Britain, and gave the US use of the Mississippi River under Pinckney's Treaty (1795). Spain revoked this in 1799, but also temporarily blocked the use of New Orleans from 1799 to 1801 and denied permission to Lewis and Clark for their expedition up the Missouri River. This moved Thomas Jefferson to initiate the Louisiana Purchase, because France had (again secretly) regained the territory under the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800.
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