William Clark was born on August 1‚ 1770 & Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18‚ 177 in Albemarle County in Virginia. During this time Thomas Jefferson was the president of the United States. Lewis and Thomas Jefferson grew up as boyhood neighbors as kids.1 Lewis joined the militia in 1794 which was commanded by Lieutenant Clark‚ where they later grew a strong bond.1 Several years later Lewis received a letter asking to become the president’s secretary-aide. A secretary- aide is a person who
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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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English 10 Block 1 11 April 2014 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)
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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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Lewis and Clark Study Guide The Lewis and Clark test will have the following sections: A Map‚ A Timeline‚ Short Answer‚ and Multiple Choice The following items may be on the test and should be studied before the test. 1. The Louisiana Purchase Map 2. The Lewis and Clark timeline‚ be able to put the events in order on a timeline 3. The 15 States that made up the Louisiana Purchase 4. The Impact on America Reading‚ What was the impact that Lewis and Clark had on America? 5. Movie
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October 22‚ 2013 US History 1010 Lewis and Clark the Corps of Discovery The Lewis and Clark expedition‚ better known as The Corps of Discovery. This was the first party to ever venture the west of the United States. They departed May 1804 on the Mississippi river from St. Louis where they made their way west through the continental divide to the coast of the pacific. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition. The Louisiana Purchase was one of
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The Lewis and Clark expedition was the equivalent in its day of a journey to the moon. Both had skilled men leading the expedition‚ were used to collect data‚ and used many important other people to make their journey successful. Leading both expeditions were skilled men. Lewis was a skilled soldier‚ skilled woodsman‚ and was chief aid to Jefferson‚ while Clark was and expert map maker‚ he could calculate rivers‚ and he was an army commander. On the first American journey to the moon three highly
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The Lewis and Clark expedition ignited a period of expansion for the US. The enormous amount of new discoveries of all the new plant and animal species gave the United States a monopoly over certain products only found in the west. Ideas knowledge learned from the Indians influenced western medicine and helped shape diverse lifestyles‚ which provided the West with a much-needed break from the archaic ways of British living. The new geography discovered on the journey coaxed others to follow the expedition’s
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Jake Overton Coach Wernquist 8th Grade History 10 May 2013 Lewis & Clark “In the spring of 1804‚ Lewis and Clark left St. Louis and headed up the Missouri River. They had 3 boats and they took 40 men with them‚ most of these men were Americans some French Canadians.” (Davidson). “These men needed to search the west for many reasons. One main reason was to set the stage for settlement of the West‚ also this land had not been explored yet. This exploration opened land and discovered
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“Lewis and Clark Expedition”—An Integrated Learning Event Lesson #1: PowerPoint Teacher: Casey Lamping Subject: Social Studies Lesson Topic(s): Lewis and Clark Expedition PowerPoint Grade: 8th Learner Descriptions: 10 students: 4 girls‚ 6 boys Students with IEPs who require accommodations specified in the IEP: * 1-Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)‚ Tier 3 Reading Students without an IEP who have special needs: * 1-Gifted and Talented * 1-ELL * 1-Tier 2 Reading
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