Question

Napoleon was prompted to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States because

Answer 1

Answer:

Thomas Jefferson approved the deal and used his constitutional power to sign treaties to buy the land. Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War. The British had re-entered the war and France was losing the Haitian Revolution and could not defend Louisiana.

Explanation:

Answer 2

He was fighting with a war at the time with Great Britain and needed funds, and he wasn’t using the Louisiana purchase for anything. He sold the land for astronomically cheap.

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