why did napleon want to sell Louisanna? How much did the US pay for Louisiana. Do you think it was a good dea

Question

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Answer 1

Napoleon wanted to sell French Louisana to raise money for his armies and empire in Europe. I believed that he paid 3 million in 1803 dollars. Sure it was a good idea for the US; Manifest destiny and all. Regarding France, if France had wanted to keep Lousiana, they would have eventually run into a US demandant upon room for growth and would eventually have lost the Louisana Purchase anyways.

Answer 2

The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of about 530,000,000 acres (828,000 sq mi or 2,100,000 km²) of territory from France in 1803, at the cost of about 3¢ per acre (7¢ per ha); totaling US$15 million or ₣80 million. Including interest, America finally paid $23,213,568 for the Louisiana territory.[1] The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota south of Mississippi River, much of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana on both sides of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans. In addition, the Purchase contained small portions of land that would eventually become part of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The land included in the purchase comprises around 23% of the territory of the modern United States.[1] The purchase was an important moment in the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. At the time, it faced domestic opposition as being possibly unconstitutional. Jefferson purchased Louisiana because he felt uneasy about France and Spain having the power to block American traders access to the port of New Orleans.

Since Napoleon was the ruler of France, he was in control of Louisiana (which was many times larger than present day Louisiana). He originally intended to use Louisiana as a "breadbasket," but decided it would be better to sell it. While he was in the bathtub, of all places, Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States of America. The Napoleonic Code governs the State of Louisiana to this day.

WHY?

Further reasoning for why Napoleon divested himself of that land appear in “Louisiana Purchase,” by Donald Barr Chidsey. On page 134, he applies Ambassador Robert Livingston's reasoning: Without either a better navy than Great Britain’s, or some sort of way station between France and Louisiana, Napoleon could not hope to hold the land there. “Moreover, he was committed to an invasion of England.” (Henry Adams echoes this reasoning - the French were committed to utterly defeating the English and establishing their own colonies either in America, Africa, or elsewhere.) To achieve his larger goals, Bonaparte needed money and he needed to focus his energies.

Answer 3

guy above me has the facts down. It was 15 million, because he needed to fund his armies, so that he could continue his campaign to take over Europe. Also, since Britain had almost complete control of naval power at the time, Louisiana would have been of no use to Napoleon because he wouldn't be able to benefit from shipping resources back and forth

Answer 4

Napleon had no use of Louisanna; 15 million; no

Answer 5

i thinkit was 13 or 14 million, and he sold it cuz he needed the money to finance the war he was having with the british.