ch.10 -2 louisiana purchase mr. mccaw and exploration
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Louisiana PurchaseLouisiana Purchase
Mr. McCaw
Mr. McCaw
and Exploration
and Exploration
France, Spain, England and Russia all had claims on lands in the west
In 1800’s the western border of the United States was the Mississippi River
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Farmers west of the Appalachian Mtns. relied on the Mississippi Riv. to ship corn and wheat
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Jefferson believed the port city of New Orleans was the key to controlling North America
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Pinckney Treaty with Spain allowed Americans to ship on the Mississippi Riv. and store in New Orleans.
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Spain gives back Louisiana to France
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Napoleon wanted to sell the land because he was worried about colonies
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and needed money to fight the war with England
LOUISIANA PURCHASE was huge tract of land in the middle of North America sold by France to the United States in 1803 for $15 million
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The Louisiana Purchase was bought for $15 million – about 3 cents an acre (about a football field)
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Jefferson did not believe he had the constitutional right to purchase land
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Jefferson chooses MERIWETHER LEWIS and WILLIAM CLARK to lead an expedition into the unknown territory
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Jefferson gave the Corps 3 main goals:
1) Discover if there is a Northwest Passage to the Pacific through the Missouri River
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2) Set up good relations with the Native Americans in the area
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3) Journal and take notes on the animals and wilderness of the area
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The CORPS OF DISCOVERY set out from St Louis in the summer of 1804
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The expedition includes about 40 people
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The Corps stayed in a Mandan village in present day North Dakota
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The Corps found there was no Northwest Passage, they formed good relationships with some of the Native Americans and did record the animals and nature
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SACAGAWEA was a 17 year-old woman who helps the Corps as an interpreter on the expedition
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ZEBULON PIKE explores the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1806
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