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6. Why did the French leader offer to sell the United States all of Louisiana, instead of just New Orleans?
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6. Why did the French leader offer to sell the United States all of Louisiana, instead of just

New Orleans?

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France's ruler at the time, Napoleon Bonaparte, was losing interest in establishing a North American empire and needed funds to fight the British, so he directed his emissaries to offer not just New Orleans but all of the Louisiana Territory to the Americans
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