The Re Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory

The french re-acquired louisiana from the spanish in october 18 hundred. It was part of their massive land claims in north america that stretched from the gulf of mexico to canada. But when the french had gotten beat in the seven years war, they ceded canada to the british and louisiana to the spSpanish. Under heavy pressure from bonaparte, the sp Spanish agreed to retrocede louis ana to the french in exchange for some territory in italy. The re acquisition of louisiana was as critical to bonaparte's long term ambitions in theAmericas as securing supplies from the united states was to his