10.2
The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration
1803-1806
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The West in 1800
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Jefferson and Louisiana
1800-1810: Population in the Ohio Valley grows. Daniel Boone clears the Wilderness Road.
1800: Spain cedes trans-Mississippi/LA to France
1802: US loses right to deposit in New Orleans
1803: Jefferson sends envoys to Napoleon
4/30/1803: Frances sells LA for $15 million
Why did Napoleon sell?
Louisiana Purchase of 1803
Avoided war with France and Spain Vast area of land open for farming for growing population
Western expansion favors Jefferson & Democratic republican Party, gains loyalty of Western US
Federalists decline further Establishes power of the President to make treaties
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Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
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Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
Sought (but did not find) a Northwest Passage
Want to establish boundaries of the new LA territory
1804-1806: 2½ year journey of 50 men(Corps of Discovery)
Navigated the Missouri, crossed the Rockies, went down the Columbia River to the Pacific and back
The Corps of DiscoveryReceived help from many Native Americans during their journey, especially Sacajawea, a Shoshone woman who served as interpreter and guide
First Americans to cross the North American continent.
Demonstrated the viability of an overland passage to Pacific
Opened the West to settlement
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Sacagawea interpreted in a bronze sculpture by Eugene Daub located at Clark's Point in Kansas City. Source - NET, Bill Ganzel
The Missouri Breaks
Decision Point
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Zebulon Pike
Left St. Louis in 1806 with party of 12.
Goal was to find the source of the Arkansas and Red Rivers
Attempted to climb Pikes Peak
Crossed Rio Grande Arrested and detained by Spanish
Pike’s Peak
What were the Effects of Exploration between 1804-1807?
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