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Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:11 pm to Boo Krewe
He knew he couldn't afford the Medicaid costs 
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:12 pm to Boo Krewe
Why didnt the Asian Powers like China or ottomans come to claim America?
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:13 pm to Boo Krewe
quote:Of course not, how could he? The US didn't really know what they bought except that it was contiguous land. Hence why Bartholomew Hunt and Leslie Edwards were sent to explore it.
Didnt he understand the resources and land he was giving up?
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:13 pm to Honest Tune
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Jefferson was just that good.
He read the "art of the deal "
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:15 pm to Boo Krewe
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Why didnt the Europeans attack the US ?
How are they supposed to supply their armies? It’s a big fricking ocean.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:16 pm to Peazey
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Because he was trying to finance a war, and those resources weren't any good to him on the other side of the ocean. The world was a lot bigger back then.
Yeah, relatively speaking at the time, the planet was the size of Saturn in their minds.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:16 pm to Boo Krewe
The 8th grade Louisiana History answer is:
Once France realized it couldn’t retake Haiti, there was really not much incentive to hang on to LA. Haiti was the moneymaker, not Louisiana.
Napoleon was fighting wars in Europe and needed to pay for them.
What is funny is that we didn’t have 15 million. We borrowed money from the Brits, who were fighting the French.
Then we stop paying the loan back once the war of 1812 kicked off.
Once France realized it couldn’t retake Haiti, there was really not much incentive to hang on to LA. Haiti was the moneymaker, not Louisiana.
Napoleon was fighting wars in Europe and needed to pay for them.
What is funny is that we didn’t have 15 million. We borrowed money from the Brits, who were fighting the French.
Then we stop paying the loan back once the war of 1812 kicked off.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:18 pm to alajones
He needed the money to fight a war closer to France.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:20 pm to Boo Krewe
He’d seen better baguettes at the Parisian quad
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:21 pm to Boo Krewe
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Why didnt the Asian Powers like China or ottomans come to claim America?
During the late middle ages, China's trading empire spanned the Pacific and Indian Oceans. There is some speculation, though no hard evidence, that Chinese explorers may have reached the west coast of North America. A new emperor came to power who was an isolationist, and China turned inward.
Interesting book on the subject LINK
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:29 pm to Boo Krewe
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Didnt he understand the resources and land he was giving up? Also, Spain , UK, and France helped create a superpower that would rival them one day. Why didnt the Europeans attack the US ?
Well, Britain certainly didn't give up the Colonies without a fight. Spain and France ultimately decided the money we were willing to pay for the land outweighed the logistics of controlling such a large area from an ocean away.
Also don't forget that we were a young country at the time that was not anywhere near what we are now. We didn't even become a "superpower" until 2 World Wars wiped out all the infrastructure in Europe
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:34 pm to Wolf
thats what Im saying. Couldnt the major european powers have beaten the US if they tried?
where was germany , italy, and the others in all of this
where was germany , italy, and the others in all of this
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:38 pm to Boo Krewe
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where was germany , italy, and the others in all of this
I know it’s been a while, but they’re called books. It’s clearly been a while since you’ve read one if you are wondering why 19th century “Germany” and “Italy” weren’t threats to the United States.
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:40 pm to Wolf
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Spain and France ultimately decided the money we were willing to pay for the land outweighed the logistics of controlling such a large area from an ocean away.
This a really simplistic view of things. It's really complicated why France and Spain left North America alone. A big part of it is the Haitian Revolution and the revolutions in South American countries by Bolivar. That along with all the power struggles of all the European powers in Europe.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:41 pm to Boo Krewe
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where was germany , italy, and the others in all of this
Being apart of the Austrian Empire or really Holy Roman Empire led by the Hapsburgs.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:43 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
“Why didn’t Korea invade the US?” 
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:43 pm to Boo Krewe
Hitler and Mussolini were still too busy dividing up Poland and Hungary to worry about taking America back then
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:48 pm to Brosef Stalin
Napoleon also knew that the Americans would keep moving West and that eventually he would lose it to the United States or Spain. Figured he would pick up a little money instead of losing it for free.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:52 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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Napoleon also knew that the Americans would keep moving West and that eventually he would lose it to the United States or Spain. Figured he would pick up a little money instead of losing it for free.
Please provide scholarly evidence of this theory.
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