By Zach, Olivia, and Kenya

Hoped to expand into the west as well as set up trading route either along the water routes and on land The Lewis and Clark Expedition to map out the newly purchased Louisiana During the Expedition Lewis and Clark would gain knowledge of not only the land, but the livestock and plants within

Meriwether Lewis ( ) The Captain of the Expedition William Clark ( ) The Co-Captain of the Expedition Sacagawea ( ) An interpreter as well as a peace token to Native American Indian Tribes Toussaint Charbonneau ( ) The Main Interpreter for the Expedition Jean Baptiste Charbonneau “Pompey” ( ) The child of Sacagawea, born during the expedition

Sergeant Charles Floyd ( ) First soldier to die beyond the Mississippi River President Madison ( ) Secretary while Jefferson was President that oversaw the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Louisiana Purchase, and Barbery Wars. Thomas Jefferson ( ) President of the United States that organized the Lewis and Clark Expedition as well as the Louisiana Purcase

June 18 th 1803 Jefferson sent a secret letter asking for 2,500 dollars to explore the west to reach the Pacific Jefferson chose his former secretary Lewis and told him to pick a co captain. Lewis chose Clark a man he had known in his military days In order to gain a crew Lewis and Clark went to Camp Dubois on the east side of the Mississippi River to recruit

The Expedition ranged from Explored from Mississippi River to Washington Route: Started from Missouri going through Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Finally Washington November 15 th, 1805 reached Pacific After weather tamed down they started there return voyage in the Spring Returned home 1806

Journals were published and settlements began to spring up along the west Conflicts however began between the Native Americans and the whites Land Boundaries started to become an issue between the English, Spanish, and Americans beginning a war In all the expansion created an idea of manifest destiny Manifest Destiny = The idea that the U.S. would spread across land from the Atlantic to Pacific