To: Perseverando
Except this is French History. And Napoleon wasn’t French. He was Corsican.
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2 posted on
08/18/2019 7:36:32 PM PDT by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Lurker
America does get mentioned eventually in the article:
In 1803, Napoleon was badly needing money for his army. He also feared Haiti's costly slave rebellion would spread to the French Louisiana Territory.
Napoleon decided to sell nearly a million square miles to the United States, during the administration of President Jefferson, for around $15 million dollars. This is known as the Louisiana Purchase.
9 posted on
08/18/2019 7:51:29 PM PDT by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: Lurker
From a family of impoverished Italian aristocrats no less.
Napoleon: Italian by way of Corsica
Marie Curie: Polish
Yves Montand: Italian (real name Ivo Livi)
Charles Aznavour: Armenian
Great Frenchpersons all...
18 posted on
08/18/2019 8:25:15 PM PDT by
Clemenza
(Lurking)
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