Expeditions for US Expansion

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Who were they?

Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

Two famous explorers

What was their mission

Explore

Remember!!!!

Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Purchase from France

Explorers were needed for this exploration

Doubled the size of the US

Exploration 1803-1806

Lewis and Clark were assigned to explore west of the Mississippi River (Collected data about plants, people and animals)

Duration: 3 years

GOALS for Jefferson:

1. find a land route to Pacific Ocean and strengthen claims to Oregon territory

Gather information about Native Americans

Adams-Onis Treaty 1816

Between Spain and US

Spain ceded Florida to the US (settled a land dispute)

Spain withdrew all claims of land in the West north of the 42ns parallel.

Missouri Compromise-1820

What was it about:

Southern states wanted slavery allowed in the new states. Northern states disagreed!

Missouri- declared a slave state

Maine- declared a free state

Made slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of Missouri’s southern border

Monroe Doctrine

President James Monroe stated that the European countries would no longer be allowed to create new colonies or interfere with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere

Influential on US foreign policy

Indian Removal Act

Before the Trail of Tears

Act that stated that the president could negotiate treaties with Native Americans to relocate them to the areas west of the Mississippi River

94 treaties were signed with Native American tribes

Remember the Alamo

Battle of the Alamo was an important battle in the Texas War of Independence

Leaders: James Bowie, William Travis and Davy Crockett

Fought against Mexican soldiers (Mexican-American war)

Texans lost at the Alamo, THIS LOSS encouraged the remaining soldiers to continue fighting and eventually gained the Texan independence at the Battle of San Jacinto

Trail of Tears 1838

Treaty of New Echota: Cherokee had to give up their land east of the Mississippi

1,000 mile route from Georgia to Oklahoma

4000 Native Americans died (Disease, starvation, and exposure)

Oregon Trail- 1840’s

Thousands of Pioneers moved to Oregon

Oregon Trail- 2000 miles

This trail had many resources for survival of this route

1849- Gold Rush Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in

California

In two years, 40,000 prospectors came to California

Few found gold

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