France technically didn't own the Louisiana Territory when they sold it to America. So they were anxious to get the deal over and done with. The land was indeed supposed to be theirs, but France had not held up their side of an agreement with Spain. The deal ended up working out perfectly for both France and America. France sold a huge amount of land, that would soon be taken away from them anyway, for a very large amount of money, which would be very useful in their current war with Great Britain. America was able to double their land mass with a $60,000,000 purchase which seems like a lot of money but when you break it down, it would be about $72 per square acre.
60,000,000? I thought it was sold for 15 million.
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