The negotiators for the Us were Robert R. Livingstone and James Monroe.
As First Consul, and later Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte had absolute power which thus granted him the authority to sell the Louisiana Territory.
he was losing a war and needed money
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Louisiana purchase
Napolean, he needed money quickly so he sold the land.
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No. Napolean I did.
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To the United States in 1803 for $15 million.
1802
In 1803.
france needed money