Why did napoleon sell the louisiana territory to the americans?

president jefferson threatened to create an alliance with great britain in order to gain access to the port city of new orleans.

he could focus on his european campaigns instead of the colonies

he gained $15 million in order to fund the french military.

all of the above.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.

if you're talking about (ww2) they went bankrupt and their currency was worth nothing

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