To buy the Louisiana Territory from France.
Power granted to the President to make treaties.
He commissioned Lewis and Clark to explore it and make a report on what they found there.
Bonaparte needed the cash fast since he was at war with three other countries. He sold the Louisiana territory for only $15,000 in order to make a quick buck.
In 1803, Napoléon sold a large territory in an agreement called the Louisiana Purchase.
To buy the Louisiana Territory from France.
To make more money from France's Caribbean colonies..
Power granted to the President to make treaties.
He commissioned Lewis and Clark to explore it and make a report on what they found there.
to make France's Caribbean colonies more profitable.
Under Napoleon Bonaparte, France took back the territory in 1800 in the hope of building and that a U.S. President did not have the constitutional authority to make such a deal.
Bonaparte needed the cash fast since he was at war with three other countries. He sold the Louisiana territory for only $15,000 in order to make a quick buck.
To make franc's carribean colonies more profitable
In 1803, Napoléon sold a large territory in an agreement called the Louisiana Purchase.
Unable to develop or defend New France, Napoleon sold Louisiana to the US in 1803, in part to pay for his wars in Europe and against England.
when did he make the purchase? he did it in 1985
Louisiana purchase