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To: jttmab who wrote (138856)7/5/2004 5:33:23 PM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 281500
 
I am not sure how much the war was to "help the colonists", and how much was to secure for the Empire the very lucrative fur trade....Considering that the French could never have hoped to hold the territory of the Purchase, should the United States have determined to annex it, I think that the sale was very favorable to France.