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*Lewis and Clark explored the land we bought from the Louisiana Purchase, their expedition was also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition
*Thomas Jefferson had interest in western expansion
*Asked congress to fund an expedition to the Louisiana territory and Pacific Ocean.
*Their expedition took place from 1804-1806
* Jefferson's goal he wanted to make was exploring the land first before the Europeans could claim the land.
*In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson received the permission to commission the Corps of Discovery.
*This was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United Stated.
*He chooses the United States army captain Meriwether Lewis and his partner William Clark to take the journey.
*Lewis and Clark led a government-sponsored expedition to explore the vast wilderness of the west soon after the signing of the Louisiana Purchase.
1.) Find the most direct and practical water communication across this continent for commerce
*Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West.
2.) Declare U.S. sovereignty over the Native Americans that lived along the Missouri River.
3.) Get an accurate sense of resources, map out the land, and explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Results:
*The size of the United States was roughly doubled when it gained 828,000 square miles that would later make up part or all of 15 states.
*The 15 states were: Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Louisiana.
*The trade routes were expanded and this gave America more powers to ship their goods through the region without any hassles, helping the economy flourish.
*One benefit of taking this trip was that the United States government finally had a grasp on what they purchased, and were glad about what they found.
*This trip also established a relationship between the Native Americans, which was one of Thomas Jefferson's goals.
* And also provided 140 maps of the Louisiana purchase region.