Lewis And Clark Expedition : The Great Expedition

During the early 1800s, the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, bought the Louisiana Territory. This acquired piece of land came to be known as the Louisiana Purchase. The territory consisted of various Native Indian tribes which Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore. Based on the provided documents, the conclusion that can be made is that Lewis and Clark were not respectful to the Native Americans because not only did they kill members of their tribe, but they wiped out their culture as a whole. In document A, Thomas Jefferson, the current President at the time, sent a letter to Meriwether Lewis with specific instructions on how to approach the Native Indians which was in a placatory and friendly fashion (Document A).

The Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expeditions, the establishment of a national road, and the philosophy

This expedition was o significant because the new information and marvel of the West fascinated the American people and made them start to think of it as a fantasyland. Lewis and Clark documented lost of interesting and different flora and fauna as well as beautiful landscape that would cause them to deem the West as a land of opportunity that needed to be explored and settled

With the current of the Missouri behind them, they are able to cover over 70 miles per day. The expedition also begins meeting boats of American traders heading upriver.At the end of the Lewis and Clark adventure, Captain Clark made an offer to Sacagawea to help raise Jean Baptiste in St. Louis and to give him an education. Sacagawea took him up on the offer and brought Jean Baptiste to St. Louis in 1809, when he was four years old Jean Baptiste had a few jobs in his lifetime, most were in the great outdoors, hunting, fishing and guiding. One of the few office jobs Jean Baptiste held was that of a public administrator and judge in California. He had a hard time in the position, because he didn't care for the way the local ranchers treated

Over the course of the expedition, Lewis and Clark developed a ritual that we used when meeting a tribe for the first time. The captains would explain to the tribal leaders that the their land now belonged to the United States, and that a man far in the east – President Thomas Jefferson – was their new “great father.” We made peace with the natives and they became very essential and useful on our journey. Along the way we met a lady named Sacajawea who was from the Shoshone tribe and she was the person who helped us the most. She guided us through the land and helped us when we were in need. She knew the ways and we were grateful to have her because we may have not made it without

The exploration of Lewis and Clark into the Louisiana Purchase had a great impact on the United States. During the exploration, they encountered Native American tribes, who exchanged items with them, and new species of plants and animals.

Sacagawea benefited the most because when a boat was capsized she was able to save some of its cargo, including important documents and supplies. Lewis and Clark they didn’t discover a Northwest Passage or start the western fur trade or overland immigration, but they certainly influenced the latter two movements. My opinion on the expedition to find the all water route to the Pacific was amazing when they have to go through these tough mountain ranges and survive the

In fact, the Expedition had been so momentous in American History in that not only does the Expedition ultimately realize the aforementioned colonial dream to find a route to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific , but the overall magnitude of the expedition’s significance ultimately puts the Louisiana Purchase as well as other accomplishments of Jeffersonian presidency, into perspective. Thus, by further exploring the revolutionary context of the Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1803, in addition to analyzing the central figures of the Expedition, we can better observe the profound impact the Corps of Discovery has brought upon to better define the American national

During the winter of 1804-1805 they made peace and settled into the Mandan tribes home. Here they met their translator, Toussaint Charbonneau, a french, Canadian trader. Charboneau brought his 16 year old, native American, pregnant, wife, Sacagawea. Sacagawea proved herself to be a very important person for the expedition. In early May while on the Missouri river, a sudden gust of wind pushed over the boat knocking out some important supplies. All the important supplies were saved only by Sacagawea as she threw herself over the side and pulled most of the supplies back into the boat. On the way to the rocky mountains, The explorers realized they had a problem, they needed horses to walk up the mountains and to carry all their supplies. On August 11 Lewis spotted a native on his horse, It happened to be a Shoshone Native American. The group had Charbonneau translate and ask for horses, The Shoshone then lead them to his chief. Later While Sacagawea translated each groups words she realized something, the chief, appeared to be her brother. Because of this, the Shoshones gave the explorers quite a bit of horses and provided them with other important supplies that they had lost or used. This paragraph proves that without the natives on the explorers side, they never would have made it to their final destination.

The expedition of Lewis and Clark was a landmarking event in American history, but its significance goes beyond just the land they discovered.The Lewis and Clark Expedition was put forward so the two would be able to see and map out western America in search of new trade routes and passages. Lewis and Clark would have doubtfully survived had it not been with the aid of the Indians they met on their travels. Upon their controversial meetings with several Indian groups, Lewis and Clark were not respectful to the Americans they met on their journey. The controversial messages behind the peace metals, the reference to the Indians as “children”, and the physical

Exploration has always been a central theme in the development of the United States. The Louisiana Purchase, in 1803, made the government more eager to expand west. The newly acquired lands were in need of exploration. A team needed to be established to survey and document the new territory. The Lewis and Clark expedition would answer the unknown questions of the west. The expedition would not have been successful without the leadership, determination, discipline of the Corps of Discovery, and the cooperation of the Native Americans. President Jefferson wanted the leader to have the same passion and intensity toward the discovery of the west as he possessed. Jefferson hand-

We are going to began our journey to go across the western side of the United States. When I say “we” I mean Lewis, Clark, and myself and other expeditions that came along. We are near St. Louis, Missouri and we have a long ways ahead of us , i’ll write everything in my journal as my way of going.

I chose the Lewis and Clark expedition because it was something I knew a lot about, plus its part of my community’s history. The Lewis and Clark expedition took place in all of Washington in the same state that I live in. They also traveled up the Columbia River I live very close to the river so Lewis & Clark provide interest to me. In third grade my teacher taught a lot about Lewis and Clark and I took a lot of interest in it, so now I want to learn more about the expedition and use it for my national history day project. By studying Lewis and Clark i will learn about different metals, plants and even animals that aren't found in the eastern United States. I will learn about the different Indian tribes such as the Sioux and the Mandan

The US saw profit in the native lands. The US wanted the land because it was on the Mississippi River which had many economic benefits because land on the river was more accessible for trading. In the text, Transcript of Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis and Clark Expedition, it states; "First to encourage them to abandon hunting, to apply to raising stock...and thereby prove to themselves that less land and labor will maintain them in this... Secondly: to multiply trading houses among them." The US is trying to encourage the natives to transition into a lifestyle more like theirs which involves more farming and less hunting. By switching, the natives will need less land because they won't need to hunt anymore. The US had plans to open more trading houses for the natives so they could make a profit off of farming. Before the US tried getting the natives to indulge in trading houses, the government tried buying the land from the natives. The natives were becoming nervous and irritated because their land was

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. Jefferson planned an exploratory expedition and called upon Meriwether Lewis to lead it. Jefferson was very interested in what was in the west lands. Much was involved in the carrying out of this expedition; the preparations for this trip, what happened during their long journey west, and the return home. This expedition was very important in the development of the United States.