MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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the region just south of the Canadian border
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the route from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean
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the southern region of the Louisiana Purchase
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the northwestern region of the Louisiana Purchase not yet explored by Lewis and Clark
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Detailed explanation-1: -Zebulon Pike, the U.S. Army officer who in 1805 led an exploring party in search of the source of the Mississippi River, sets off with a new expedition to explore the American Southwest . Pike was instructed to seek out headwaters of the Arkansas and Red rivers and to investigate Spanish settlements in New Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -On June 24, 1806, General James Wilkinson, commander of the Western Department, ordered Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, then age 27, to lead an expedition to the western and southern areas of the Louisiana Purchase to map the terrain, contact the Native American peoples, and to find the headwaters of the Red River.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1806–7, Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) led a US Army expedition to the southwestern part of the Louisiana Purchase. The area now known as Colorado was a part of the Louisiana Purchase. Pike was one of many explorers to visit this new territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -Zebulon Pike’s Expedition To The Southwest 1806-1807.