Pierre Clement Laussat is to be the
new First Consul to administer the restored French Empire in North
America. He received for the French Republic the
enormous domain of Louisiana, transferred to His Catholic Majesty
in accordance with a treaty sighed between France and Spain three
years before - and then presided over the transfer of this land, an
exchange of deeds and administrative control, to the Americans, on
December 20. When Jefferson got wind of the transfer between
Spain and France, he vowed that French control of Louisiana would
be the start of a new war. Jefferson had loudly
criticized John Adams for prefering diplomacy over war with France
when he was president, but now that the shoe was on his foot,
Jefferson's bluster was nothing but an idle threat as he waited out
the emperor's intentions.
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