Assertion: empire's success | /r/HasSubevent | its sale
Facets:
value: to the united states
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in 1803
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: France's repurchase of Louisiana in 1800 came to nothing, as the success of the Haitian Revolution convinced Napoleon that holding Louisiana would not be worth the cost, leading to its sale to the United States in 1803.