I'm writing summaries of my lecture-notes, and I stumbled across this. I think it's from a lecture, but I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it's from a text book.
My question is how Napoleon would gain favour with the Brits by selling Louisiana to the Americans, when this was after the American Independence.
Edit: Mentioning previous answers is just a convenience -- it is not intended to discourage follow-on questions, information, or debate.
The idea can be refuted pretty well by reflecting that Napoleon was at war (or on the brink of war -- I'm not certain of the dates) with the UK at the time.
Oddly, I can't find many comments here addressing why the Louisiana Purchase -- there are far more on the mechanics of how the money was raised and paid. Edit: the reasons why he sold also explain why he didn't bother to ask for a lot of money.
"Why did the French sell Louisiana at such a "cheap" price?", https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/233wak/why_did_the_french_sell_louisiana_at_such_a_cheap/ : /u/nilhaus , /u/Prufrock451 , /u/a4bh3 , Hellmark, masiakasaurus.
"How was the US able to negotiate such a cheap price for the Louisiana Purchase from France?", https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1i6qiv/how_was_the_us_able_to_negotiate_such_a_cheap/ : a_Dewd.