he needed money to fight wars in Europe.
He needed the money for his defeated army.
In 1803.
Louisiana Purchase.
$15 million for both questions
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
The negotiators for the Us were Robert R. Livingstone and James Monroe.
Haiti.
There was nothing in the constitution about buying land.
He no longer needed a base in North America.
1803
In the early 1800s, the ruler of France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase was Napoleon. Deeply embroiled in war in Europe at the time, Napoleon was in more need of money than of troublesome and distant colonial land of dubious value.