By selling Louisiana to the U.S. in 1803, Napoleon obviated the need to defend it against the British, and he may have hoped that the need of the U.S. to defend the territory (against the British) might have brought America back to its alliance with France.
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France (still a constitutional monarchy) declared war on Prussia and Austria in 1792 for various reasons, among them French concerns about counter-revolutionary emigres in German-speaking countries and in the Austrian Netherlands, and fear that Austria and Prussia might intervene in French affairs (either to support Louis XVI or to take advantage of the internal dissent).
After the execution of Louis XVI, several more states, Great Britain and Spain among them, severed ties. The Republic then declared war on those countries, and a general European conflict ensued in one form or another for the next 22 years.
B.) Retaliation by foreign governments.
Southerners feared that tariffs would affect their fortunes given their reliance on exporting their agricultural produce. Retaliation by foreign governments would have meant that they would lose out as imposition of tariffs would reduce demand for their produce