MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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it set the route for the first cross-country railroad
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it opened an all water route to Mexico
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it removed the British from the Northwest
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it gave us information about the Louisiana Territory
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lewis and Clark’s team mapped uncharted land, rivers, and mountains. They brought back journals filled with details about Native American tribes and scientific notes about plants and animals they’d never seen before. They also brought back stories-tales that made other Americans dream about heading west.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson hoped that Lewis and Clark would find a water route linking the Columbia and Missouri rivers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lewis and Clark Expedition began in 1804, when President Thomas Jefferson tasked Meriwether Lewis with exploring the lands west of the Mississippi River that comprised the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis chose William Clark as his co-leader for the mission.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06) was a U.S. military expedition, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. The expedition was a major chapter in the history of American exploration.