Question

What was Napoleon's plan for Louisiana? Why were American farmers alarmed by it?

Answer 1

It was to be another French Colony. It could be a problem for shipping goods down the Mississippi River.

Explanation:

Under a 1795 treaty with Spain, U.S. merchants and farmers could send their goods down the Mississippi River and store them in New Orleans without paying export duties. For many Americans, this so-called right of deposit was important enough that talk of war began proliferating when it was revoked in October 1802.

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