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Napoleon planned to make France the dominant power in Europe, and the losses of Canada and Haiti demonstrated the difficulty and expense of maintaining a colony in faraway America. In addition to raising needed capital, he likely saw that the US would frustrate British plans for an American empire, an assumption proved correct by the War of 1812. The Florida foothold of Spain was likewise becoming tenuous, which resulted in the (ostensibly secret) return of Louisiana to French dominion.

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He needed cash to continue his war in Europe.

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Q: Why did napoleon sell Louisiana to the US in 1803?
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