own men. Pierre Cruzatte‚ who could not see well‚ shot Lewis through the buttocks on August 11‚ 1806‚ mistaking him for an elk. 2. Clark was not actually a captain. When Lewis asked Clark to join the expedition he said President Jefferson was willing to promote him to captain. Before the expedition began‚ the Secretary of War notified Lewis that Clark would receive a lieutenant’s title. Lewis was angered and wrote Clark that it was best that none of their party or any other persons would know anything
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Mount Everest may be a wonderful place but‚ it is polluted. It has housed many climbers who all left trash behind. Though there are people trying to clean up this mess such as Sir Edmund Hillary and The Eco Everest Expedition formed only because of the pollution and trash left behind on the mountain by climbers. Sir Edmund Hillary (in source 1) was the first to scale Mount Everest and he was also the first to want to clean it. A quote from Source 1 demonstrates this is‚ “Hillary was also concerned
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the places Marco Polo had gone and the sights he had seen. I was deeply moved by his enthrallment with Marco Polo‚ which gave me the aspiration to choose this topic. This would be a great opportunity to research and learn more about him and his expedition. When I conducted my research‚ I depended on many sources to gather information. I read The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian on the online archives‚ which included many helpful candidates for my project. It included the thoughts of Marco Polo
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received a letter asking to become the president’s secretary-aide. A secretary- aide is a person who helps another with their daily activities. Lewis had accepted Jefferson’s offer‚ and from the letter he had assumed that Jefferson was planning an expedition.1 Jefferson’s grand idea was "...the object of your mission is to explore the Missouri River‚ and such principal streams of is‚ as‚ by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean‚ whether the Columbia‚ Oreon‚ Colorado or
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition Thesis Statement: Because of America’s need to expand‚ The Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ introduced the country to previously uncharted territory and was a benchmark for change in America. I. Cultural context A. Need to expand (Gunderson 45). B. Hiding from France and Spain (Gunderson 67‚ Huntington 1). II. Important person(s) A. Meriwether Lewis 1. Secretary to the president (Huntington 2). 2. Asked to head expedition (“History and Culture: People” 2)
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition- The people of the United States knew very little of the land they had previously gained from the French as the Louisiana Purchase. President Thomas Jefferson decided to send out an expedition of explorers to discover the unknown land. This became known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition or the Corps of Discovery. Jefferson decided the leader of the expedition would be his secretary William Clark‚ and Meriwether Lewis. The expedition officially began in the summer of
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In the summer of 1803‚ a twenty-eight year old Virginian was preparing to lead a field expedition into some of the most rugged wilderness on the North American Continent. It would be a perilous undertaking. The platoon traveled by boat‚ horse and foot for approximately 8‚000 miles- venturing beyond maps‚ traveling into the headwaters of the great Missouri river‚ across the fearsome Rocky Mountains‚ and through the unforgiving western plains. The crew explored an undiscovered route to the pacific
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help. She wants the game to be awarded Top 10 Kudos like Super Mario‚ Rock Band‚ and SimCity. Read all the directions first and follow them carefully to get this new expedition rolling. (12 points) Score 1. Evaluate each of the following websites and choose the three that provide the best explanation and description of the expedition. Explain each of your choices. • Lewis and Clark http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/ • Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation http://www.lewisandclark.org • The
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In 1803‚ US President Thomas Jefferson founded the Discovery Corps and commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke to lead the expedition to the northwestern United States. Since 1804‚ Lewis and Clark have led an arduous exploration from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean and set foot on a 3‚700-mile journey on a manned boat. They encountered many obstacles throughout the journey‚ including extreme weather‚ animal threats‚ and poor nutrition. In one of Meriwether Lewis’s journal dairies
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The Sicilian Expedition (415- 413 BC): An Overview 1. Background Athens sought a reason to invade Sicily for its abundance of grain and other resources‚ but in initial Sicilian wars they were not presented with an opportunity. When the polis of Segesta went to war with the other Sicilian polis of Selinus‚ Athens was afforded an opportunity to attack not only Selinus‚ but also to invade and conquer Syracuse and the rest of Sicily. To encourage the Athenians to enter the war on their side‚ which
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