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In 1803 Bonaparte was preparing to attack Britain and failing to control Haiti he saw no value in Louisiana. When Jefferson sent James Monroe to make a new offer with France Bonaparte was ready to sell Louisiana.
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∙ 8y agoThe war debt that was racking up with Napoleon's campaign in Europe. France was becoming desperate for money and they would be unable to expand their American empire given the state they were fighting Europe with.
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∙ 12y agoFrance gave up Acadia because they can get furs from New France .They keep Guadeloupe and Martinique for the sugar because it was very valuable in Europe.
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∙ 12y agoBecause Napoleon needed the money to support his war. Also, he saw no future in it.
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The Louisiana PurchaseImmediate and full U.S. citizenship
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Napoleon took back the territory of Louisiana from Spain in 1800, hoping to establish a French Empire in North America but a slave revolt in Haiti and an impending war against Great Britain make him to give up this plan and sell the entire territory the the US.
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The lousianna purchase was owned by Napolean Boneparte. He needed to pay off his war debts because he was fighting Britain in the French Revolution. He sold all of it to America so he could pay off his debts and America had more land to contribute to new states.
