What caused Napoleon to decide to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States? (1 point)
He could no longer control the Native Americans living in the Louisiana Territory.
He was about to lose the Louisiana Territory in a war with Spain, so he decided to sell it to the U.S. instead.
The Louisiana Territory was no longer useful to him after a slave revolt resulted in the independence of Haiti.
The Louisiana was too far away from France to be governed effectively.
The Louisiana Territory was no longer useful to him after a slave revolt resulted in the independence of Haiti.
Napoleon had initially intended to use the vast territory of Louisiana as the base for a French colonial empire in North America. However, the successful slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which led to the independence of Haiti in 1804, severely undermined French power in the region. With the loss of this vital Caribbean colony, Napoleon's ambitions for Louisiana became impractical. Furthermore, France was on the verge of renewed conflict with Britain, and Napoleon realized that he would be unable to defend Louisiana. He decided to sell the territory to the United States to raise funds for his military campaigns in Europe and to reinforce the strategic position of the United States as a potential British rival. This transaction was known as the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.