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Napoleon's sale of the Louisiana Territory is considered one of the greatest achievements of US diplomacy. For the meager 2 cents per acre, the US got to double its territory; what was Napoleon thinking selling it for so cheap? And was it a bad deal for him? That's what we'll explore in this episode of SideQuest.
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A big THANK YOU to the selfless supporters of SideQuest for their limitless generosity:
JK, Leloo Wolf, Oskari Liukku, pmck, Aradhya Khandelwal, dancingvulture, Ciaran Hassan, Gabriel, Jeanne Moss, Scott Gibbs, Adrien Maillet, Kevin O'Connor, Van Veen, FauxFowks
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Further Reading:
“Exhibition: The Louisiana Purchase” by the Baring Archive - baringarchive.org.uk/exhibitions/louisiana_purchase
“Napoleon, Jefferson, and the Haitian Revolution” by Mark Lore - ncsociology.org/torchmagazine/v911/Lore.pdf
“Statistical Abstract of the Napoleonic Wars: Government Finance: France” by Robert Burnham - napoleon-series.org/research/abstract/government/budget/c_france.html
Napoleon's sale of the Louisiana Territory is considered one of the greatest achievements of US diplomacy. For the meager 2 cents per acre, the US got to double its territory; what was Napoleon thinking selling it for so cheap? And was it a bad deal for him? That's what we'll explore in this episode of SideQuest.
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If you'd like to see more of these videos, consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/sidequest_channel
Have a fancy historical idea you'd like me to cover? Drop a comment and let me know!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A big THANK YOU to the selfless supporters of SideQuest for their limitless generosity:
JK, Leloo Wolf, Oskari Liukku, pmck, Aradhya Khandelwal, dancingvulture, Ciaran Hassan, Gabriel, Jeanne Moss, Scott Gibbs, Adrien Maillet, Kevin O'Connor, Van Veen, FauxFowks
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Further Reading:
“Exhibition: The Louisiana Purchase” by the Baring Archive - baringarchive.org.uk/exhibitions/louisiana_purchase
“Napoleon, Jefferson, and the Haitian Revolution” by Mark Lore - ncsociology.org/torchmagazine/v911/Lore.pdf
“Statistical Abstract of the Napoleonic Wars: Government Finance: France” by Robert Burnham - napoleon-series.org/research/abstract/government/budget/c_france.html
