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Lewis and Clark Expedition!

By Piper Ahn. Lewis and Clark Expedition!. The Louisiana Purchase. The President at the time, Thomas Jefferson, wanted to make America larger. So he bought th e Louisiana Territory from Napoleon. Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory for four cents per acre( 15 million dollars.).

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Lewis and Clark Expedition!

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  1. By Piper Ahn Lewis and Clark Expedition!

  2. The Louisiana Purchase The President at the time, Thomas Jefferson, wanted to make America larger. So he bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon. Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory for four cents per acre( 15 million dollars.)

  3. Clark & Lewis Lewis William Clark worked under Meriwether Lewis in the army. Lewis got a job offer to work as Thomas Jefferson’s secretary, so he gave Clark his old position in the army. When Lewis got sent on the journey he picked his old friend, William Clark as the 2nd captain right under Lewis.

  4. Goals • Map the rivers • Make friends with Native Americans • Find a Northwest Passage • Open up West for trade • Find new animals and plants

  5. Supplies • 25 hatchets • 20 coats • 15 gun slings • 3 thermometers • 4,600 sewing needles • 35 oars

  6. Route of Exploration These are all of the 12 states that the Corps of Discovery crossed on their journey: Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington.

  7. Sacagawea Sacagawea was only around 16 when she gave birth to her son Jean-Baptiste who became apart of the journey across the West. Sacagawea was a huge help in the journey. She showed The Corps of Discovery what is poisonous and okay to eat or touch.

  8. New Discoveries: Animals and Plants Animals • Prairie Dog • Pelican Plants • American Silverberry • Bitterroot These are not all of the discoveries. You can find more on the internet.

  9. Seaman Seaman was Meriwether Lewis’s dog. Seaman was a great hunter and he was a comfort for the men. He was a young black Newfoundland. Only once a group of Native Americans tried to kidnap him. Also a different group of Native Americans called Seaman “Bear Dog”.

  10. People Captains • Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Sergeants • Charles Floyd, Patrick Gass, John Ordway, Nathaniel Pryor Privates • Williams Bratton, John Collins, John Colter, Pierre Cruzatte, Joseph Field, Reuben Field And many more

  11. Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the one who bought the Louisiana Purchase. He was also the one who sent Lewis and Clark on their journey. He was the President of the United States at the time. He was very curious.

  12. Conclusion The Corps of Discovery was very important because they found the Pacific Ocean and discovered many, many things. Lewis and Clark and everybody in the Corps were very important in the U.S history.

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