They either didn't know about it until after the fact, or they were afraid of what would happen once they were caught
One of the terms of the Louisiana purchase was that the U.S. had to pay the whole price up front in gold.
This hyped France up
everyone has a reason you just need to find yours
When we did the intervention we also set ourselves up for disaster due to putting a border on Mexico making it more attractive to come illegally thru America and we deport alot of them what's hypocritical about that is if we had not put a border and not Intervened into Mexicos business, America and Mexico would have hashed out a proper plan and have made the legal idea of moving to America the only reason to go there.