This purchase was made in 1803 when Napoleon ruled France. The French did not have a king at this time.
1803
because napoleon wanted too
After Napoleon was sent in exile to Elba, France was ruled by king Louis VIII.
there was no president in France in 1803. The French leader was Napoleon Bonaparte, crowned emperor the following year.
At that time the constitution was the Consulate; originally a parliamentary democracy headed, not by a President, but by two Consuls. But by 1803 Napoleon Bonaparte was First Consul for Life, so he did all the ruling. Only a year later he was proclaimed Emperor.
This purchase was made in 1803 when Napoleon ruled France. The French did not have a king at this time.
1803
Napoleon
In 1803.
The Louisiana territory.
because napoleon wanted too
In 1803.
After Napoleon was sent in exile to Elba, France was ruled by king Louis VIII.
Napoleon sold the colony of Louisiana to the US in 1803.
there was no president in France in 1803. The French leader was Napoleon Bonaparte, crowned emperor the following year.
Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1803.