The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration

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The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration

• Thomas Jefferson Purchased the Louisiana
  Territory in 1803 and doubled the size of the
  United States

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Key Terms and Key People

• Key Terms
• Louisiana Purchase
• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Key People
• Meriwether Lewis
• William Clark
• Sacagawea
• Zebulon Pike

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How the West was Fun

• As People begin to move west Kentucky, Tennessee,
  and Ohio become States
• Further West, Spain and France fought for the
  Louisiana Territory
• The Pacific and Oregon Territory was being
  explored by Spain, Russia, and Great Britain
• As the west grew more important, issues along the
  Mississippi brought the US to the edge of war

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And THATS my final offer

• After gaining control of France, Napoleon looks
  to colonize the Louisiana Territory
• As the US grew closer to war Jefferson tried to
  buy the port of New Orleans from France
• France countered by offering ALL of the Louisiana
  Territory, Which Jefferson accepted

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But is it near a Major shopping center??

• Napoleon had many reasons to sell the Louisiana
  Territory
• Americas determination to expand
• The Slave Revolt in Haiti by Toussaint
  LOuverture
• France needed money more than foreign land
• Jefferson, who believed in a strict constitution
  could not turn down the territory and bought
  Louisiana Territory for 15 million dollars

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The Real Golden Arch

• Seeking to Learn about the Louisiana Territory,
  Jefferson Hired Lewis and Clark to explore the
  new land
• Lewis and Clark, with Clarks Slave York, began
  to explore the Territory and reached Saint Louis
  by Winter
• St. Louis would become the Gateway to the west as
  the Louisiana Purchase became official

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River of Dreams

• Lewis And Clark set out to explore the Missouri
  River to
• Find a water route around the country
• Befriend Native Americans
• Describe Plants, Animals, and the Landscape
• The Journey started slowly but by October the
  expedition made it to North Dakota

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Hitch Hikers?? Pick Em Up

• In North Dakota Lewis And Clark befriended the
  Mandan tribe but angered British and French fur
  traders
• When Lewis and Clark left the territory and
  headed west, they would be joined by Sacagawea
  who would further help their journey

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Off Roading

• When Lewis and Clark encountered the Great Falls
  of Missouri they had to set out on foot for 18
  miles over a 2 week trek
• Lewis and Clark would soon encounter the Rocky
  Mountains and the Shoshone people
• In November of 1805 Lewis and Clark finished
  their journey reaching the Pacific ocean
• Though a water route to the Pacific was NOT found
  valuable Information would be brought to the US
  government

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Turn Pike

• Zebulon Pike explored the Southern portion of the
  Louisiana Purchase and the Arkansas/Red Rivers
• Pike would follow the Arkansas River seeing the
  Rocky Mountains from 150 miles away
• Pikes crew would follow he Arkansas river to the
  Rio Grande River into Spanish Territory and be
  arrested
• Pikes Crew would also bring Back valuable
  information to the US including descriptions of
  the Great Plains and Rio Grande River Valley

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Exploring a New World

• Lewis and Clark and Pike would bring back
  ACCURATE maps of the Louisiana Territory
• The Growth of Fur Trade brought more wealth and
  knowledge to the US
• Pike misreported the Great Plains as a desert
  which dissuaded people from settling there

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