Answer:
The poor economic state of France following King Louie the 18th
Explanation:
Napoleon, taking control of France after the revolution which overthrew the monarchy, had many problems he had to deal with. There were many problems from the peoples uneasiness of a new ruler and the large economic burden caused by funding the American revolution. Napoleon saw a large opportunity to both sell of the unneeded Indian riddled land and fix France's poor economic state. That is exactly what he did, selling the entire west part of what is now the united states, unfortunately for him the land had economic value that would've fixed Frances economy 10 times over.
