Louisiana Purchase

Lewis’s Death When a person hears the names, “Lewis and Clark,” the majority of people think of the two brave explorers leading The Corps of Discovery. Starting in 1803 and ending in 1806, Lewis and Clark lead the Corps on a journey through the Louisiana territory. The purpose of this expedition was to observe the newly acquired land, interact (positively) with the natives, but most importantly to find a clear water route that would be used for trade. Even though a clear, navigable water route…

Having a presidential term from 1801 to 1809, Thomas Jefferson was able to succeed in being the third president of the United States of America. Not only was Jefferson the president of the United States, but before he was also the Secretary of State for President Washington. For most of his life, Jefferson was actively involved in shaping America and is greatly remembered by being one of our Founding Fathers. Since Jefferson studied government and practiced law during college, he seemed fit to…

In 1818 he moved to Missouri. Two years later he was involved in taking trade goods to Santa Fe New Mexico. Walker met Captain Benjamin Bonneville, Who asked him to join his trapping and trading expedition into the west. In subsequent years, Walker continued to use his voluminous knowledge of western geography as an employee of the American Fur company. He was also a guide for explorers including John C. Fremont. Walker was arrested by the Mexican authorities, because he controlled territory in…

Philbrick, Nathanel. Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. U.S. Viking Penguin 2003. The author wrote in detail about the United States South Seas Exploring Expedition of 1838 (U.S. Ex.Ex.), an unprecedented naval operation for a nation with a navy less than half the size of Great Britain’s, and consisted of six sailing vessels and 346 men, making it one of the largest voyages of discovery in the history of Western exploration. The Ex.Ex.’s ships…

The Journey to the West Me and 33 other men dared the challenge that is the unknown west. Our leaders Lewis and Clark were gave the mission to find the source of the Missouri River and find a East West river by the one and only Thomas Jefferson. It was the year 1804 and all I knew was it wasn't going to be easy. Their was so many new undiscovered plant and animals it was hard to believe. Some of the plants we discovered were so beautiful like the blue flax which was a beautiful blue.…

The Catalan independence movement is a political movement that emerged from Catalan nationalism that is mainly dedicated to the support of the independence of Catalonia from Spain and France. This feeling is brought by the dictatorial times of Franco who attempted to suppress the Catalan identity. To give a more geographical sense of Catalonia, it is a roughly triangular region in Spain's far northeast corner, which is separated by the Pyrenean mountains from southern France to which they share…

What makes Tennessee so significant? Tennessee has interesting discoveries just waiting to be shared, such as finding out how Tennessee became a state, the reconstruction of this state, and what modern Tennessee is like now. This state has a lot of history that goes unnoticed by Tennesseans. So, how far will you go to unlocking some of its unknown history? The way Tennessee became a state is truly surprising. It came to statehood on June 1, 1796, with the help of North Carolina of course. “Land…

I can clearly say that during the fall of 1803, Lewis and Clark Expedition embark on from St. Louis, Missouri. In the book and in the documentary we are able to see that on May 14, 1804, the expedition's boats departed their path up the Missouri River. Going up the journey progressed extremely slowly because they were going up against current of the river. During the expedition they faced a lot of adversity but they faced a lot of discovery as well. I can point out that one of the initial…

Lewis and Clark started their journey on May 14, 1804 ending March 23, 1806. They were scavenging to find a Northwest passage way, that would prove to be very useful in trade. Lewis and Clark were able to bring a group called the Corps of Discovery who consisted of 33 people not counting Lewis manservant York and Sacagawea. Lewis and Clark journey was very useful for three reasons. For example Lewis and Clark were able to discovered many new species of plant and animals, were able to chart and…

Hello, we are Lewis and Clark. We were born in the 1770s and grew up to be two of the most successful explores in American history. Our expedition started as President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory and asked us to explore and make friends with the Indians. President Jefferson gave us instructions to travel along the Missouri River and find a waterway to the Pacific. Our expedition started out on the 4th of July in 1804. As we explored, we came across villages of the Mandan and…