We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money.
People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies.

