BRAINLIEST AND WORTH 20 POINTS! CORRECT = BRAINIEST!

Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy....

1.) The city of New Orleans and Mississippi river rights
2.) All the land in America
3.)All land in America and the Caribbean
4.)All of French holdings in the New World

How many days did the public know France owned them prior to becoming American?

1.)6 months
2.)2 weeks
3.)20 days
4.)40 days

Why did Spain give Louisiana back to France?

1.) All of the above
2.) The colony was a hassle to manage
3.) Napoleon was very powerful and scary
4.) Louisiana was costing them money

Napoleon agreed to sell Louisiana because

1.) He needed money for the war
2.) He felt the land was not worth keeping
3.) He was pressured into selling by American diplomats
4.) To upset Spain and punish them for poorly managing it

4.) The colony was a hassle to manage - Spanish efforts to turn Louisiana into a Spanish colony were usually fruitless, Spanish officially was the only language of government, the majority of the populace firmly continued to speak French.

Napoleon was very powerful and scary - France grew in power and was a powerful force in Europe.

Napoleon agreed to sell Louisiana because he needed money for the war.