What caused Napoleon to decide to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?(1 point)

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The Louisiana was too far away from France to be governed effectively.
The Louisiana was too far away from France to be governed effectively.

He was about to lose the Louisiana Territory in a war with Spain, so he decided to sell it to the U.S. instead.
He was about to lose the Louisiana Territory in a war with Spain, so he decided to sell it to the U.S. instead.

The Louisiana Territory was no longer useful to him after a slave revolt resulted in the independence of Haiti.
The Louisiana Territory was no longer useful to him after a slave revolt resulted in the independence of Haiti.

He could no longer control the Native Americans living in the Louisiana Territory.

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The most accurate response is:

The Louisiana Territory was no longer useful to him after a slave revolt resulted in the independence of Haiti.

This revolt diminished Napoleon's ambitions in the Americas, leading him to rethink the viability of maintaining and defending the vast territory in North America.