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Cities" he discussed what the city of the future needs to include. The first commandment that was mentioned was "The City of the future has to be environmentally friendly; and think green" (Paes). One of Longview's biggest attribute would be Lake Sacagawea. The area is full of green plants everywhere, from the trees, grass, and bushes. In the center of the park is a body of water. People from all over are able to come together and enjoy the nature scene with out even having to leave the city.…

compromise with Napoleon Bonaparte. Previously in 1802, Bonaparte closed the port of New Orleans to the United States as France was in control of Louisiana. Monroe and Livingston’s trip to France resulted in the United States paying fifteen million dollars for the entire Louisiana Territory, doubling the size of the nation. After this deal was made and approved by the Senate, Jefferson began searching for who he would entrust with the task to explore the new unknown territory past the…

Simply saying penny has been around for many years would be a blatant understatement; it has been etched into society as a reminder of perhaps the greatest president the country has ever seen. Abolishing the penny, is a move that would attempt to erase the more than a century long legacy of Abraham Lincoln and all of his accomplishments. Not only would the expulsion cause a brash disregard of history, it would also cause major inconveniences for the American populous. A reform of the monetary…

The Lewis and Clark expedition was requested to start on January 18, 1803. The president at the time, Thomas Jefferson, asked congress to give two thousand five hundred dollars for exploration of the trans-Mississippi west. This was approved on February twenty eighth. President Jefferson hand chose Lewis for the exploration. Lewis then hand chose Clark as his second in command. Lewis and Clark shared command over a crew of forty solders, boatmen, hunters and a large dog. This…

Louis, Missouri. Lewis kept a journal in which he recorded new plants and animals that the expedition encountered. Along the way, the expedition picked up two Native Americans, Sacagawea and Touissant Charbonneau, to serve as interpreters for the expedition. (2) In November of 1805, the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean, and built Fort Clatsop, in what is today Oregon, and spent the winter there. (2) In 1806, Lewis and Clarke…

significance of the adventure and the implications it would have regarding future American life. Reactions were not entirely favorable, as one Philadelphia Newspaper in April of 1807 criticized President Jefferson, lamenting the fact that “thousands of dollars were voted to the pitiful purpose of rewarding Lewis and Clark for exploring the Spanish interiour.” However, Americans generally appreciated the accomplishments of the Corps of Discovery, excited by the prospects of territorial expansion…

colony that was revolting in Haiti, led by François Dominique Toussaint, or L’Ouverture. Napoleon then had to sell the territory in order to keep things under control. He ended up selling the territory to the United States in 1803 for $15,000,000 dollars, which included the land west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. This newly acquired land stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian Border, and more than doubled the size of colonial America. This purchase turned the…

America the Story of Us Episode 1: Rebels In May of 1610 a ship named “The Deliverance” was making its way towards America. Young English farmers were upon this ship taking the treacherous journey in search of a new life. The majority of the common people will not make it to see the land of the free. But that does not shift the people's persuasion in the chance of opportunity. Land, wilderness, gems, and more are laid throughout the America’s waiting to be claimed. Ten years later new…

They purchased this land for 15 million dollars. Thomas Jefferson appointed Lewis as his personal secretary and he was accompanied by Clark to explore the lands that were purchased for the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to discover a water route to link the Columbia and…

Army captain Merriweather Lewis and William Clark, to explore this new territory and into the Oregon territory before the Europeans “The Lewis and Clark Expedition”. A 2-year trip with the help of a native Sacagawea, they returned from their journey to inform Thomas Jefferson of the resources and natives they encountered. Lewis and Clark exploration established fur trade and making contact with more than 72 Native American tribes. Their scientific data alone…