Lewis and Clark Expedition

Meriwether Lewis was born August 18, 1774, in Virginia. He had to live some of his childhood without his real dad because William Lewis died when in battle when Merriwether was 5. Merriwether had 2 siblings, Jane Lewis, his sister, and Reuben Lewis, his brother. His mom Lucy Meriwether remarried a guy named Captain John Marks about a few months after William's death. It was common back then for widows to remarry early and those two had a girl named Jane. Lucy changed her last name but…

selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a pioneering voyage across the Great Plains and into the Rockies. It was completely uncharted territory; a wild, vast land ruled by the Indians. Lewis may have received a hero's welcome on his return to Washington in 1806, but his discoveries did not match the president's fantasies of sweeping, fertile plains ripe for the taking. Feeling the expedition had been a failure, Lewis took to drink and piled up debts. Full of colorful…

appointed his secretary Meriwether Lewis with the duty of the exploration of the newly acquisitioned lands. Lewis appointed his old friend and ally William Clark to aid him on his mission. Lewis and Clark started their expedition in St. Louis and hired people for their adventure, then they set off with around 40 explorers. Numerous discoveries were made along the adventure by Lewis while Clark charted out maps for the area (around 300 new species were discovered.) Lewis would send shipments to…

Would it be hard to believe that almost a one quarter of modern day United States was purchased in one large transaction? Specifically 828,000 square miles of land. The Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the size of the United States in 1803. After signing a secret treaty to return the Louisiana territory to France, France wanted to sell the Louisiana territory because they did not believe it was worth the money or the trouble since they were having a hard time holding on to Saint Dominique in…

was a young woman who set out on an expedition with her newborn child! Both Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea had great accomplishments, but Sacagawea was the real hero in the Corp of Discovery. To begin with, she had alliances and friendships with the Native Americans. Also, Sacagawea had great knowledge of the plains and she knew the plants and animals that were edible to eat. Lastly, she showed several acts of heroic actions that were critical for the expedition. Sacagawea also know as the…

join in an expedition that would be conducted by the army.…

is located on the Lewis and Clark Community College campus right outside of Baldwin Hall. The artist and sculptor Glenna Goodacre created Sacagawea. This piece Sacagawea brings up feelings of bravery and sacrifice. Sacagawea is a bronze colored statue that represents the famous guide, Sacagawea, for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. This is the basis for the statue being located on the Lewis and Clark campus because she was the main reason they had a successful expedition. Large greenery…

Treaties, expeditions, and purchases expanded the United States’ territory. The Louisiana purchase doubled the size of the United States and allowed Americans to have control of trade over the Mississippi River. In buying the Louisiana purchase, Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition to map out and explore the new territory. The treaty of Ghent helped secure Jefferson’s purchase by removing the British troops and showing European countries that the United States were independent…

cowboy, the homesteader and westward expansion took real events and transmuted them into a tale of the west which has shaped much of American popular culture. There is a great overarching theme that emerges from the American West experiences of Lewis and Clark (1803-1806) as depicted…

Jefferson's views of westward expansion and Native Americans Jefferson considered Westward expansion as the answer to the country’s health. He reckoned that a republic’s survival was dependent on a sovereign, upright citizenry and that virtue and independence went in tandem with land ownership. He esteemed the country’s expansion as the best means to uphold this ideal of a virtuous populace as this was the only way to provide the citizenry with enough land. Jefferson associated land ownership,…