American Far West: the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Overview
One of the greatest feats of exploration in North America was that undertaken by Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery from 1804-1806. ...
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Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark shared leadership responsibilities on the expedition and worked so close in harmony that history almost considers them one. They combined their skills, frontier experie...
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On May 14,1804 what would later be known as the Corp of Discovery set out
on one of the greatest exploration expeditions of all time . This motley c...
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In 1803, the United States purchased roughly 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. The President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, knew that he had to send an expedition t...
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In 1800 Thomas Jefferson was elected president. With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Jefferson had the vision of the United States growing from sea to sea. However, it was unknown what was out there. ...
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Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774, in Albemarle County, Virginia and grew up in Virginia and Georgia as a part of the "Southern Planter Aristocracy." Lewis showed
off his brain in histor...
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were great explorers who were assigned to an exciting expedition. Actually Lewis was assigned first by President Jefferson to explore the West of the continent and ...
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Comparison Essay
"A Son of the Middle Border" and the journey of Lewis and Clark are similar in many ways. Many great lessons can be learned from nature including the fittest people survive and ...
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Long before Thomas Jefferson had come to be the third president of the United States, he had a dream to explore the West. This dream would end up turning into one of American history's greatest adven...
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American Far West: the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark
