Napoleon decided to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States in part because
A. a major French army in the Caribbean had been decimated by disease.
B. he believed the Louisiana Territory was a "great desert" unfit for habitation.
C. the British had threatened to invade the territory.
D. he wanted full control of the port of New Orleans in exchange.
E. he needed the United States to contribute military forces on the continent in his war against Britain.
Answer: A
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