<p>napoleon was anxious to rid his war debts (which he accumulated much of).. or was he preparing for another war..? great i dont remember anymore</p>
<p>sorry tufts I don't know..=( and..um..quack?</p>
<p>Why did napolean give up Louisiana so readily when Jefferson asked to buy it?
he was fighting a revolution in haiti</p>
<p>agh no one knows ok? c'mon tufts just tell us the answer already...</p>
<p>ahem. </p>
<p>mugwumps, anybody? who were they?</p>
<p>Why did napolean give up Louisiana so readily when Jefferson asked to buy it?</p>
<p>His fight in Europe wasn't looking too bright when Russian's cold winter killed 380k troops out of his 400k. He realizes he can't conquer the world all at the same time so he decides its smarter to shell out and get some more dough to buy some more people.</p>
<p>TuftsPlease, your question was an awesome one but I don't know the answer! :)</p>
<p>Why did napolean give up Louisiana so readily when Jefferson asked to buy it?</p>
<p>He needed the money; taking over Europe isn't cheap...</p>
<p>His attention was focused on other things (i.e., domination of the continent), so he felt that France's American possessions weren't very important</p>
<p>We should try doing one of these on AIM sometime - no 60 second wait there</p>
<p>going to sleep...bye!</p>
<p>also...the French colony of Haiti had staged a revolution...does noone remember this?</p>
<p>I like to read each and every post, but I have other work to do to..argh</p>
<p>You guys are replying too fast!!</p>
<p>Later sozo</p>
<p>Webster-Ashburton Treaty. He tries to convince the England that the point of their land is this, and their land is that. So because only Franklin knew, and he had drawn it on a map, (he's dead now) he makes a fake map. Turns out all along, England had the real map.</p>
<p>haha very true..
why was McCulloch v. Maryland important?</p>
<p>Louverture was the guy in Haiti...Napoleon couldn't fight the US about the New Orleans port AND deal with Haiti at the same time</p>
<p>Was MCCulloch the General for Abe Lincoln during Civil War? Or am I completely offboat?</p>
<p>Easy one:
What happened at the Battle of Appomattax?</p>
<p>Tufts...that was McClellan right? Or something like that..</p>
<p>I find it amusing your easy one, I have never even heard of :(</p>
<p>** Mugwumps**</p>
<p>Okay 1884 Senator James Blaine is up for pres... hes a symbol of seamy politics, his citics are called "mugwumps" and announce they would leave the party in support of an honest candidate: the democrast therefore nominate Cleveland</p>
<p>at the battle of appomattax, the civil war ended, right?</p>
<p>Lee surrendered! The North won the Civil War!! Woohoo!</p>
<p>Umm...I've never heard of the Battle of Appomattax...although Appomattax Courthouse is where Lee surrendered, I think</p>