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Why was the United States able to acquire the Louisiana territory in 1803? (USHC-2.1)

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It's believed that the failure of France to put down a slave revolution in Haiti, the impending war with Great Britain and probable British naval blockade of France – combined with French economic difficulties – may have prompted Napoleon to offer Louisiana for sale to the United States

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