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Two explorers under direct instructions from the President traveled with their crew westward and explored the Louisiana territory in search of the Pacific water route. The two travelers involved in this exploration were none other than Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Their journey was vastly known as the Lewis and Clark's expedition. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this expedition shortly after he bought the Louisiana territory from France, which was also known as the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark along with their crew namely Corps of Discovery set out on the journey of finding the route on 18th May, 1804. Captain Lewis, former secretary of the President, led the expedition. He invited Captain Clark, a former army officer, to join him. "The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by it's course & communication with the water of the …show more content…

However, as the voyage ended Lewis said that even after reaching the Northwest Pacific, the water route was nowhere to be seen, which left the main goal unaccomplished. Instead, as the explorers explored the Louisiana Purchase territory, they developed a friendlier relationship with the Native Americans who inhabited most of the land. One of the crew members stated that Captain Lewis purchased different kinds of gifts for the Native Americans to show friendship and allegiance. While another member said that a Native American woman named Sacagawea's presence as a guide and interpreter for the Corps of Discovery, improved their relationship with the Natives. She got along with the local tribes which helped the crew buy goods and supplies for their expedition. Other members mentioned that when the local natives saw Sacagawea with her child they did not attack the crew and prevented fatal war, which tightened the bonds between the explorers and the

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Lewis & Clark Expedition (June 20, 1803): Jefferson charters the Lewis and Clark expedition—led by his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis—to survey the new Louisiana Territory, establish friendly relations with the American Indian tribes living inland, and search for a Northwest Passage allowing easy travel to the Pacific. This event lead to finding a water passage that helped the U.S with trading goods

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LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION Introduction What was the expedition? Who is William Clark and Meriwether Lewis? Why was the expedition important?

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Prior to the Purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Thomas Jefferson was desired to explore the area to see if there was an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean and claim that land for the United States. The main goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was to map the region, collect information on new species, and to establish contact with the Native groups and make peace with them. In document 1, the map reveals that one goal of Lewis and Clark’s expedition was to find a waterway from the US to the Pacific Ocean. They did not find this route, but they did successfully navigate the Missouri River.

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Lewis and Clark were the exploring duo that made history in the exploration of America. With the help from their entourage, Sacagawea, and others they successful explored the land President Jefferson purchased known as the Louisiana Purchase. The territories of Louisiana offered more than just the new areas but a hope for ways around North America`s coast. Meriwether Lewis was an explorer and solider born August 18,1774 near Ivy, Virginia. He grew up on Locust Hill plantation neighboring Monticello where Jefferson lived.

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The United States just bought the Louisiana Territory and they wanted to send people to explore the land west of the Mississippi River. In 1803, William got a letter from his best friend, Meriwether Lewis, inviting him to go on a expedition with him

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After Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory he commissioned the Corps of Discovery which was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. We were on a fact finding mission to find a Northwest Passage, become friends with the Native Americans and tell them that America now owns the land, and collect information about plants and animal. The trip began in May of 1804 from St. Louis traveling to the Pacific Ocean and in September of 1806 we returned to St. Louis. On September 7,1804 we ran into an animal we named a prairie dog.

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Throughout 1803, Jefferson had talked with Meriwether Lewis, a young army veteran and his private secretary, about the Louisiana Territory. Jefferson wanted Lewis to lead a group of people out into the west to explore as much land as he could. Lewis, an adventurer at heart, accepted Jefferson’s request, and in early 1804, went to Philadelphia to recruit the men he wanted to accompany him on his journey. Among the men that were recruited was William Clark, an old friend of Lewis and the man that would share command of the band of explorers with Lewis. Together, Lewis and Clark decided to call their group “The Corps of Discovery.”

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LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 President Jefferson appointed his own private secretary Meriwether Lewis as Commander in charge to explore the unknown territory. Lewis then invited William Clark is former superior officer to be his Co-commander. They set out from Camp Dubois and were to explore the new territory, affirm the sovereignty of the US, find a water way to the Pacific, and establish trade with the Natives. Lewis and Clark commanded the Corps of Discovery which had 33 people, 26 being soldiers to include Sergeant Charles Floyd the only person to die on the expedition, one being Clark’s personal slave named York who would be given his freedom at the end of the expedition and one being Sacagawea

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Both of them were involved in the corps of discovery. On June 20, 1803 the same year when the Louisiana purchase happened Thomas Jefferson asked Lewis to lead an expedition from the Mississippi to the west coast he chose William Clark to go on the expedition as his partner. Throughout their journey Lewis and Clark would find ways to make the fur trade more successful, find a water route across the states to travel on, and find more about the animals on the plains. They even found some new animals and discovered and studied land on their expedition. They learned more about the Indians in the west and how they lived there.

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The Lewis and Clark expedition is arguably the most courageous and adventurous exploration effort ever made in American history. The Lewis and Clark took place after the Louisiana Purchase as an effort to find a northwest passage, map the newly purchased land, make scientific discoveries in the area, and to establish contact with the natives and set up a strong trade network with them. Through efforts of Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, and many others, the United states was radically changed through the exploration of these new uncharted areas. The Lewis and Clark exploration would not have been possible without Thomas Jefferson's monumental purchase of the Louisiana Territory. Due to the United States westward

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She created a positive feeling on the expedition. The group was able to avoid the hostile Indians due to the peaceful symbol that Sacagawea represented. " "William Clark explained that “the Wife of Shabono [Charbonneau]…reconciles all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions. A woman with a party of men is a token of peace.” " Sacagawea and her child represented peace to other tribes in the different regions that they came across during the journey. "

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President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery to have the Lewis and Clark expedition find a waterway that could connect the United States for transportation because he had aspirations to expand to the Pacific and Northwest making the expedition important to his agenda for the United States. (The Corp of Discovery, 2016). Another reason for the important expedition was to create a relationship with the American Indians, and the American fur trade, while learning the North American topography and geography of the land which was also important to the exploration (Corps of Discover, 2016). Thomas Jefferson was important to the Lewis and Clark expedition because he organized the journey, sought funding and made Lewis and Clark head

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The history of the Pacific Northwest is an intriguing time period for the United States and the expansion of the country. Many individual contributed to the growth and transformation of the region, however, several particular leaders created insurmountable adjustments to the region, that their names have gone done in history. Long before becoming President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was committed and captivated with western exploration, believing that America had the sovereign right to the western region. In 1786, American minister to France, Thomas Jefferson, endorsed John Ledyard in seeking a Pacific passage, crossing Russia.

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