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Which explains why France decided to sell Louisiana to the united States
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Which explains why France decided to sell Louisiana to the united States

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France was willing to sell the Louisiana Territory because Napoleon decided that it was way too expensive to try to hold such a vast amount of land in the western hemisphere, and he needed the money for an upcoming war with England.
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