Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark

We got the French out of New Orleans.

The U.S.A. was only in debt for 3 years after the Purchase.

The U.S.A. doubled in size with the Louisiana Purchase.

Lewis and Clark now had somewhere to explore with Sacajawea.

He no longer enjoyed vacationing in New Orleans.

He needed the money to pay for war in Europe.

He was sick of American diplomats coming to meet with him.

He was the best frined of Thomas Jefferson for Many years.

Spain

Great Britain

Germany

France

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Record information about the area's soil, water, plants, animals, weather, and insects.

Spy on the Mexican army and bring back information about their movements.

Build relationships with the American Indians they met along the way.

Find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson and Toussaint Charbonneau

William Clark and Thomas Jefferson

Jean Baptiste

Meriwether Lewis

Toussaint Charbonneau

William Clark

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