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Why didin't napolean want britain to gain the louisiana territory

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Napoleon needed to sell the land because he needed money for the Great French War

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Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War. The British had re-entered the war and France was losing the Haitian Revolution and could not defend Louisiana.
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