#1 THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF KING LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE
#2 NAPOLEON WANTED TO USE LOUISIANA TO ESTABLISH A LARGE COLONIAL EMPIRE IN THE AMERICAS
#3 THE UNITED STATES WAS CONSIDERING GOING TO WAR OVER THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY
#4 THE PLAN FOR LOUISIANA PURCHASE WAS FIRST PUT FORWARD BY A FRENCH NOBLEMAN
#5 THERE WAS A CONCERN REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE PURCHASE
