Napoleon was willing to make this deal because:
- He needed money to fund his wars in Europe, and the Louisiana Territory was a valuable asset that he could easily spare.
- He wanted to build a strong relationship with the United States, which was a growing power at the time.
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Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566), favorite of King Henry II of France, imposed herself on the royal court at the expense of Queen Catherine de Medici, and surrounded herself with a brilliant court. An independent woman, she knew how to preserve the youth of her body and her mind. She never forgot her p
George Parrot , known as Big Nose George because of his large nasal appendage, he was just one more rustler of the many who stole cattle in the Far West of which nothing would have been known if he had not fallen, after his death, into the hands of science . Big Nose George In 1878, tired of th
US imperialism was a slightly different phenomenon from Europe. In the first place because their objectives were found, in principle, in the same continent and secondly because their interests were more strategic and political than economic.These interests were defined around some ideological and st