THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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They wanted to stake a claim and pan for gold.
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They wanted to find religious freedom and found settlements.
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They wanted to build forts and open a trading post.
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They wanted to map new territory and study natural history.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Corps of Discovery was reunited in North Dakota, at the mouth of the Yellowstone River. They left Charbonneau, Sacagawea and the baby at the Mandan villages, continued down the Missouri River, and arrived in St. Louis on September 23, 1806.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their journey along what is now the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The trail travels through Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington. It is a 3, 700-mile, 11-state route that extends from Camp Wood, Ill., to the Oregon coast.
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: -Known as the Corps of Discovery, the expedition set out from Camp River Dubois on May 14, 1804, heading northwest on the Missouri River. They hoped to discover a Northwest Passage-a water route to the Pacific Ocean.