Which of the following was a reason for France's offer to sell all of Louisiana to the United States?
a. France found Louisiana too much of a drain on its treasury.
b. Napoleon was concerned that American interest in westward expansion would draw France into a long-distance, costly war.
c. Napoleon was more concerned with fighting Great Britain for return of Canada.
d. French explorers had already decided that there was no Northwest Passage.
e. The successful slave uprising in Haiti undercut Napoleon's plan for an empire in the Americas.
Ans: e. The successful slave uprising in Haiti undercut Napoleon's plan for an empire in the Americas.
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A) soil exhaustion. B) competition from more efficient Caribbean plantations and refineries. C) continual indigenous attacks on plantations. D) burdensome royal export taxes on sugar.
The codification of law under Justinian represented __________ in relation to early Roman traditions
A) the end B) a reversal C) a new direction D) a continuation