MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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sent post cards during their trip
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took people on tours of the land
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wrote in journals that were published after the trip
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posted it on facebook
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson hoped that Lewis and Clark would find a water route linking the Columbia and Missouri rivers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Meriwether Lewis and William Clark have been called “the writingest explorers of their time.” President Thomas Jefferson instructed them to keep meticulous records on the geography, ethnology, and natural history of the trans-Mississippi West they explored from 1804 to 1806.
Detailed explanation-3: -In their descriptions of dozens of new plant and animal species, in their lengthy “ethnographic” descriptions of Native Americans, and in their invaluable maps of the region, Lewis and Clark more than justified Jefferson’s confidence and truly set the stage for an American west.
Detailed explanation-4: -Meriwether Lewis commanded the expedition jointly with William Clark. Jefferson instructed them to seek new trade routes, to establish relations with the western tribes of American Indians, and to report on the geography, geology, astronomy, zoology, botany, and climate of the West.