THE THIRD AND FOURTH COALITIONS: 1802-1808 by Ruben Ygua
English | September 30, 2019 | ISBN: 1696584035 | 85 pages | EPUB | 0.27 Mb
Bonaparte understood that his possibilities of retaining Hispaniola were scarce, and with them, also those of retaining Louisiana. Peace with Britain was precarious and, if war broke out again, the British would descend on Louisiana from Canada and France could do nothing to retain it. Returning it to Spain was of no use to him, so he began to explore another possibility. In the United States, the news of Louisiana's transfer from Spain to France had caused concern: France was a more dangerous neighbor than Spain. By the end of the previous year, Jefferson had sent a representative to France, Robert R.