Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) he had suffered military misfortunes and setbacks on the island of Santo Domingo.
B) he feared that British control of the seas would force him to cede Louisiana to the British, giving Britain an important strategic advantage in his fateful and protracted war with his rival for imperial dominance in Europe and across the world.
C) he did not want to drive America into a political and military alliance with the British.
D) mosquitoes carrying yellow fever had decimated thousands of French troops on Santo Domingo.
E) he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.
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