What are two reasons, one economic and one political, the french sold the louisiana territory to the united states in 1803?

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"Why did France want to sell the Louisianan territory?"

Well, because they wanted to find their European wars!

Remember, at the time, France was fighting a war against the United Kingdom, and did not have enough money supplied for the war. Because of this, Napoleon, France's leader at the time, sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States. 

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to protect the united states' role as a world leader, president truman wanted to prevent the soviet union from spreading communism beyond its post-world war ii boundaries. he declared that the united states must assist any nations struggling to prevent a communist takeover.