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Title: The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration


1
The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration
  • Thomas Jefferson Purchased the Louisiana
    Territory in 1803 and doubled the size of the
    United States

2
Key Terms and Key People
  • Key Terms
  • Louisiana Purchase
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Key People
  • Meriwether Lewis
  • William Clark
  • Sacagawea
  • Zebulon Pike

3
How the West was Fun
  • As People begin to move west Kentucky, Tennessee,
    and Ohio become States
  • Further West, Spain and France fought for the
    Louisiana Territory
  • The Pacific and Oregon Territory was being
    explored by Spain, Russia, and Great Britain
  • As the west grew more important, issues along the
    Mississippi brought the US to the edge of war

4
And THATS my final offer
  • After gaining control of France, Napoleon looks
    to colonize the Louisiana Territory
  • As the US grew closer to war Jefferson tried to
    buy the port of New Orleans from France
  • France countered by offering ALL of the Louisiana
    Territory, Which Jefferson accepted

5
But is it near a Major shopping center??
  • Napoleon had many reasons to sell the Louisiana
    Territory
  • Americas determination to expand
  • The Slave Revolt in Haiti by Toussaint
    LOuverture
  • France needed money more than foreign land
  • Jefferson, who believed in a strict constitution
    could not turn down the territory and bought
    Louisiana Territory for 15 million dollars

6
The Real Golden Arch
  • Seeking to Learn about the Louisiana Territory,
    Jefferson Hired Lewis and Clark to explore the
    new land
  • Lewis and Clark, with Clarks Slave York, began
    to explore the Territory and reached Saint Louis
    by Winter
  • St. Louis would become the Gateway to the west as
    the Louisiana Purchase became official

7
River of Dreams
  • Lewis And Clark set out to explore the Missouri
    River to
  • Find a water route around the country
  • Befriend Native Americans
  • Describe Plants, Animals, and the Landscape
  • The Journey started slowly but by October the
    expedition made it to North Dakota

8
Hitch Hikers?? Pick Em Up
  • In North Dakota Lewis And Clark befriended the
    Mandan tribe but angered British and French fur
    traders
  • When Lewis and Clark left the territory and
    headed west, they would be joined by Sacagawea
    who would further help their journey

9
Off Roading
  • When Lewis and Clark encountered the Great Falls
    of Missouri they had to set out on foot for 18
    miles over a 2 week trek
  • Lewis and Clark would soon encounter the Rocky
    Mountains and the Shoshone people
  • In November of 1805 Lewis and Clark finished
    their journey reaching the Pacific ocean
  • Though a water route to the Pacific was NOT found
    valuable Information would be brought to the US
    government

10
Turn Pike
  • Zebulon Pike explored the Southern portion of the
    Louisiana Purchase and the Arkansas/Red Rivers
  • Pike would follow the Arkansas River seeing the
    Rocky Mountains from 150 miles away
  • Pikes crew would follow he Arkansas river to the
    Rio Grande River into Spanish Territory and be
    arrested
  • Pikes Crew would also bring Back valuable
    information to the US including descriptions of
    the Great Plains and Rio Grande River Valley

11
Exploring a New World
  • Lewis and Clark and Pike would bring back
    ACCURATE maps of the Louisiana Territory
  • The Growth of Fur Trade brought more wealth and
    knowledge to the US
  • Pike misreported the Great Plains as a desert
    which dissuaded people from settling there

12
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