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