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    The Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Short History
    The Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Short History
    The Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Short History
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    The Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Short History

    By Aiden Young

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    The new nation, the United States of America, doubled overnight in size with the purchase of a vast tract of land west of the Mississippi River. The sitting president, Thomas Jefferson, negotiated a deal for the land with French ruler Napoleon. Now that America had all this new unexplored territory, Jefferson knew it was time to explore this new land and firmly place America’s claim on this expansive wilderness. In 1803, Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery and named U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis as the leader. Lewis enlisted the help of his old friend and comrade, William Clark to help lead the group.

    After much preparation, the small group of men lead by Lewis and Clark, left St. Louis and traveled up the Missouri River into lands that had been virtually unexplored by Europeans. Along the way, the expedition encountered many hardships. Key to their survival was the guidance and aid given to the group by the native Indians along the way. The best known native American was a young Shoshone woman named Sacagawea, who proved to be key as a guide and interpreter along the long journey to the Pacific coast. Over a year into this long journey, Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific Ocean in present-day Oregon.
    The group of explorers spent a long, cold winter on the Oregon coast and in the spring started the arduous trek back to civilization. It would be September of 1806 before they arrived in St. Louis where they were treated as returning heroes. The geographic and scientific information brought back by the Lewis and Clark expedition was invaluable in helping the new nation expand westward.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDoug West
    Release dateJan 24, 2017
    ISBN9781370706006
    The Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Short History
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    Aiden Young

    I am a writer of mostly non-fiction books.

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      The Lewis and Clark Expedition - Aiden Young

      The Lewis and Clark Expedition – A Short History

      By Aiden Young

      The Lewis and Clark Expedition – A Short History

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 – Louisiana Purchase and the Reasons for the Expedition

      Chapter 2 – Key Players

      Chapter 3 – The Journey West

      Chapter 4 – Winter at the Pacific Ocean

      Chapter 5 – The Journey Back to St. Louis

      Chapter 6 – Aftermath of the Expedition

      Chapter 7 – Long-Term Impact of the Expedition

      Chronology of Events – Lewis and Clark Expedition

      Photo Credits

      Further Reading

      Introduction:

      The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first time an officially sanctioned government expedition crossed over to explore the current Western part of the United States. The roots of this expedition are found in the Louisiana Purchase, a deal that the United States and France signed in 1803, where the Americans paid a total of $15 million in exchange for over 800,000 square miles of territory.

      This western expedition was led by Meriwether Lewis and his friend William Clark. The two friends spent the better part of two years going through this area with their group, often encountering dangerous problems in the form of wildlife and Native Americans who were already living on the land.

      The expedition began in 1804 in St. Louis and made its way to the westernmost point of the country – the Pacific Coast. The idea behind the expedition came from the sitting President, Thomas Jefferson. As soon as the Louisiana Purchase was ratified, Jefferson worried that other countries might try to explore some of the western areas before the United States had a chance to act. Instead of letting anyone else get a first look, he put together a team of experts to scope the area.

      Lewis and Clark had a number of assignments when going on the trip. Firstly, Jefferson wanted them to explore the land for settlement. A route from the east to the west was of paramount importance, so other people could eventually make their way to

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