“Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and the Opening of the American West” is a biography of American explorer Meriwether Lewis‚ written by Stephen Ambrose and published in 1996. The biography is supported by historic texts (letters and logs produced by Jefferson‚ Lewis‚ Clark and the Corps of Discovery members – some of which appear in the book) and outlines the trials and triumphs of the Corps of Discovery Expedition (also commonly known as the “Lewis and Clark Expedition” –
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Opportunity" the United States started it all with expanding west. You can’t get from point A to point C before passing through point B. The Louisiana territory purchased in 1803 was the point B of westward expansion. Not only was the purchase of the Louisiana territory the start of westward expansion‚ but also the start of all expansion. It seems the Louisiana Purchase was the start of it all‚ without it the United States wouldn’t
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President Jefferson needed the land for the Louisiana Purchase to be mapped out. Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to do this for him. Lewis wrote to his friend and former Army colleague‚ William Clark‚ and invited him to join the expedition as co-leader. Clark‚ then living in Kentucky‚ wrote back: “This is an undertaking fraited with many difeculties‚ but my friend I do assure you that no man lives whith whome I would perfur to undertake such a Trip.” The journey began
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The Expedition of Lewis and Clark Anthony Price 1/13/14 NIC History 111 Long before Thomas Jefferson was the President of the United States he had aspirations to know what was beyond the Mississippi River. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from the French in 1803 opened the door to President Jefferson’s opportunity to send explorers across the continent. At that time‚ nearly the whole population of the United States lived within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Because
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Whitney created the cotton gin to lighten the workload of picking cotton. To his dismay‚ the plan backfired‚ doing the opposite of what he had initially intended. Expanding westward also contributed to the advancement of slavery. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803‚ which brought in more land that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains for the colonists to farm on‚ there was a higher demand for slaves. The three-fifths compromise didn’t help much either. After farmers was informed
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specific time period‚ I could not resist the urge of writing a review about a timeless film that is centered on the one-hundredth years anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Meet Me in St. Louis take place in the year of 1903 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. The main historical significance was the World’s Fair that celebrated the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase‚ a territory sold by France to the US in 1803 comprising of the western part of the Mississippi valley. The movie is overall extremely accurate. The
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and overall brought Americans together. During the early 1800’s (1800-1823) the Louisiana Purchase and Treaty of 1818 increased national unity. The Louisiana Purchase was economically beneficial and generally cemented the union. The Treaty of 1818 resolved boundary issues between the United States and the United Kingdom and Ireland allowing joint occupations of the Oregon territory. This eventually led to the purchase of the Oregon Territory and eventually the Mexican Cession. American expansion to
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Lewis & Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent on an expedition by President Thomas Jefferson soon after the Louisiana Purchase which was the first expedition of the westward Untied States. This was known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ the main objective of this mission was to map the new territory‚ find a route across the western part of the continent‚ and establish American existence in the new territory. Jefferson wanted the interactions with the Indians to be civilized and no
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Ricki Miguel Due September 2nd‚ 2011 APUSH P.1 Chapter Seven Essay- The Jeffersonian Era In the year of 1804‚ two men led an expedition of discovery that expanded a young nation’s economic potential‚ increased its scientific understanding‚ and as well as enhanced its worldwide reputation. The significant westward expansion was called the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The United States third president‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ named Meriwether Lewis the main leader of the expedition and Lewis chose William
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This is true because of the Louisiana Purchase‚ the purchase of Oregon territory‚ and the Mexican War. The Louisiana Purchase was the most important event of President Thomas Jefferson ’s first Administration. In this transaction‚ the United States bought 827‚987 square miles of land from France for about $15 million. This vast area lay between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains‚ stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian Border. The purchase of this land greatly increased
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