Sacagawea Sacagawea was an adventurous and courageous woman. During her life she traveled with Lewis and Clark. She will be remembered for being and interpreter on the expedition to find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Sacagawea was born in 1790‚ in a Shoshone Indian village in what is now Montana. Her father was the Indian chief. The Shoshones were known as the Snake Nation and settled around the Rocky Mountains. They were very good horsemen‚ buffalo hunters‚ and fearless warriors
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volunteers participated in training at camp Dubois where were near present-day Illinois‚ while their captain‚ Lewis leant about medicinal cures under Benjamin Rush. Finally‚ at four p.m. on May 14‚ 1804‚ the corps of discovery departed from camp Dubois. At the end of the first year‚ except the death of sergeant Charles Floyd on August 20‚the corps remained the same as they were. Lewis and Clark encountered many native tribes on their way‚ as well the captains established relation with them. There were
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relinquishing control of this newly discovered land‚ to the hands of the British and other European powers‚ President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition‚ which was fundamentally commanded by General Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the United States Militia. In essence‚ the primary objective of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to find a factual route across the western half of this continent‚ and establish an American presence in this new territory. As American settlements
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Kathryn Drake History 133-008 11:00 – 11:50 16 November 2011 Chapter 1 The Native Americans October 11‚ 1492 1. Why do we say that Columbus discovered America when there were already one hundred million people here? Even though the Indians lived hear first the Europeans did not know about them. The Europeans then started to move and discovering the “new world”‚ finding things that had never been seen before. It was like Columbus discovered a whole new world even though it was already
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Part I Points Possible: 80 Of the following three questions‚ answer two of your choice. 1. Thomas Jefferson called his election "the revolution of 1800." Your answer must demonstrate a knowledge of the relevant reading. a. What did Jefferson mean by the phrase? Jefferson wanted to purge the USA of the Federalist party because they were not his allies and they advocated for big government. Jefferson believed in states rights and his pursuit of the presidency represented a revolution for his democratic-republican
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Adventure Gone Wrong When I was a child there was nothing more I loved then creating an adventure within my own backyard and mind. I pretended to navigate through the woods as Sacajawea did when she traveled thousands of miles with the expedition of Lewis and Clark. My favorite adventures included abandon hunting shacks or forts in the woods. I would use these forts as shelter and create my own town around them. The best forts were always the oldest and most decapitated ones‚ the ones that looked
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OP Sec Working Title Operational security is an extremely important part of our everyday lives while in a deployed enviroment. This fact is amplified that much more when the deployment includes being stationed in a country where the enemy could go undetected‚ as our foes do not wear a uniform. In a war where there is no front‚ and as part of our out reach with the citizens of the country that we are occupying‚ it would be incredibily easy for our enimes to merge themselves into our everyday
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Massachusetts. The Pilgrims traveled approximately 3‚349 miles from Plymouth‚ England to Plymouth‚ Massachusetts. 2.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that Lewis and Clark traveled from St. Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark traveled approximately 1‚400 miles from St.Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean. 3.Using the scale on the interactive map‚ give the approximate distance in miles that the transcontinental railroad
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New Orleans‚ the most powerful port on the Mississippi River‚ was first inhabited by Indians‚ explored and settled by the French‚ ruled by the Spanish for over forty years‚ regained by the French‚ and later sold‚ in the Louisiana Purchase‚ to the United States. Whoever controlled this influential port also controlled the Mississippi River‚ and the United States wanted and needed it. After years of negotiations‚ talks of war‚ and treaties‚ the Americans bought the entire Louisiana Purchase‚ a territory
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Thomas Jefferson Unit 2 Essay Portion Thomas Jefferson has been viewed to be a positive influence on old Jeffersonian America‚ as well as a negative one as he expanded and reshaped the country with instances like the Louisiana purchase. His efforts are viewed negatively by some‚ and very admirably by others but personally‚ I find that his attempts and reasons for things were hypocritical. He did things contradictory to what he said he wanted for the country. His presidency was
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