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>>>That area was French until Napoleon needed money to fight you guys and sold it to the USA in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
>>>http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/louisiana/
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>>Man was France DUMB!
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>At least they got some money out of the deal. If not for the purchase, we most likely would have eventually driven them out by force.

Exactly. Looking at the history of Texas it is easy to believe the same sort of thing would have happened to France as happened to Mexico.