Napoleon+and+Louisian

Napoleon Bonaparte controlled France. Napoleon dreamed of rebuilding France's empire in North America. But standing in the way of Naploeons dreams was a rebellion in the French Colony of Saint Domingue. Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former slave on the islan, took leadership over the island.Slaveholders, including Thomas Jefferson, were alarmed when they heard this. Napoleon wanted to gain control of the island for a supply base occuping Louisiana. Napoleon sent a French army to capture the island and they came back, to Napoleons surprise, succesfully.