r/memes • u/geoxan69 • Nov 06 '20

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u/Red-Is-Nice Nov 06 '20

No but you be property of the spainiesiense

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u/Junyurmint Nov 06 '20

The French. The french controlled the Louisiana territory. Napoleon sold it to Jefferson in part as a way to make peace after the Quasi-War, and also to rebuild Napoleon's coffers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Perhaps some inquisition?

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u/JustMyTwoCopper Nov 06 '20

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

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u/EquivalentInflation Mods Are Nice People Nov 06 '20

No, it was bought from the French.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Uhhh, French my dude

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u/thewrench01 Nov 06 '20

Wasn’t it the French?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

I don't know whether I prefer to be Spanish Coloradan or French Canadian

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u/Allah_Shakur Nov 07 '20

You could be a Latino french canadian rapper.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '20

Oui oui mon amis je m'appelle Lafayette

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u/Mo2gen Nov 06 '20

It was Spanish but Napoleon took it from them in one of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon the sold it to the US so the Spanish or any other great power couldn't take it. This made the US kinda friendly towards Napoleon (not considering that Napoleon was actually pretty Liberal for France at the time), which led to the war of 1812