James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston were both Founding Fathers of the United States. They went to Paris together in 1802 to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans.
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What about them? They bought the Louisiana Territory from the French.
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James Monroe and Robert Livingston were sent to Paris by Jefferson to attempt to purchase New Orleans. Napoleon Bonaparte was more than receptive to the idea, as he needed to raise funds for his European wars after having his budget decimated by an independence fight in Haiti. He upped the ante by offering the entire Louisiana Purchase for $15 million. Livingston and Monroe returned with an offer that would greatly expand the boundaries of the United States.
The Louisiana Purchase refers to America buying Louisiana from France. This happened in 1803, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
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