Louisiana Purchase

• Burr was accused of trying to lead New York to secede from the U.S.

• Hamilton never trusted or liked Aaron Burr, and he was behind many of the rumors

• Burr was already having political career problems and blamed Hamilton for it.

• Hamilton and Burr agree to duel and Hamilton is killed by Burr

• In 1803 France offered to sell their lands in North America to the United States.

• France needed money to continue their war against the British​

• France sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. for 15 million dollars.

• This became known as the "Louisiana Purchase"​

Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis to be the leader of the exploration team and William Clark to be the co leader

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Mission - explore all the land around the Missouri River in the Louisiana territory.

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Find a Northwest Passage to Pacific Ocean​

• Agreed to guide Lewis and Clark to the Pacific

• she showed which Native Tribes were safe to trade with

• she showed which plants were safe to eat

• she served as a translator

• she was a guide showing which trails to travel

After 18 months and 4,000 miles Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean.

They returned to St. Louis in 1806.

Americans were fascinated by the tail of adventure and became inspired to travel west

The Corps of Discovery mapped out much of Louisiana and documented thousands of new animals and plants!​

• The total journey was over 7,000 miles!

• Each man ate 9 pounds of meat per day on the journey!

• Sacagawea made the entire trip with a baby on her back

• only one person died (burst appendix)

• Discovered thousands of new plants and animals

• Spain controlled much of the land in the South West - Pike went outside of the Louisiana territory

• Pike gets arrested by the Spanish

• He maps out the Rio Grade River and discovers the highest mountain in Colorado which he names "Pikes Peak"