MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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document all that they saw (plants/animals)
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create positive relationships with the Native Americans
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find a NW Passage to Asia
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The goals of the Corps of Discovery, whose cadre would be raised primarily from the U.S. military, was to explore the Louisiana Purchase, and establish trade and U.S. sovereignty over the native peoples along the Missouri River.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Corps of Discovery returned with a great deal of knowledge about the new United States territory west of the Mississippi–the people, the land, the rivers, the mountains, the plants and animals. The expedition made important contributions to the mapping of the North American continent.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) was a federally funded venture to explore the North American West. The expedition’s principal objective was to survey the Missouri and Columbia rivers, locating routes that would connect the continental interior to the Pacific Ocean.