1. Louisiana Purchase (2)

2. Lewis & Clark
Jefferson wanted know about the land West of the Mississippi R.
Congress was interested in commercial possibilities & sites for future forts.

3. Lewis & Clark
Jefferson chose to run the expedition his 28 year old private secretary, Meriwether Lewis.
Lewis was well qualified to run the expedition he joined the militia during the Whiskey Rebellion and was in the Army since that time.

4. Lewis & Clark
Lewis, Meriwether. Captain. Named governor of Louisiana Territory, the Louisiana Purchase lands beyond the northern border of today’s state of Louisiana. Lewis suffered from “melancholia,” or depression, much of his life, and apparently killed himself at an inn in Tennessee in He was buried at the site 60 miles south of Nashville.

5. Lewis & Clark
The co-leader of the expedition was William Clark, 32, a friend of Lewis from the military.
Both were amateur scientists and had conducted business w/ native Americans before.

6. Clark, William. Co-captain (officially second lieutenant, until a vote of Congress in November 2000). Governor of Missouri Territory , he failed to be elected the first Missouri state governor in From 1813 to his death in 1838, he was in charge of Indian affairs west of the Mississippi, and was based in St. Louis. Because of the red-haired Clark’s importance to them, many Indian people called that city “The Red Head’s Town.” As an Indian agent, he was compassionate and fair.

7. Lewis & Clark
They put together a crew which included expert river men, gunsmiths, carpenters, scouts, & a cook.

8. Lewis & Clark
Lewis & Clark’s with Corps of Discovery left St. Louis going up the Missouri R. in the Spring of 1804.
They kept journal of their voyage & made notes on what they saw & did.

9. Lewis & Clark Time Line May 14, 1804 - Expedition begins.
July 4, Expedition marks first 4th of July west of the Mississippi by firing the keelboat's cannon, and naming Independence Creek.
August 3, Corps of Discovery meet with representatives of the Oto and Missouri Indians, give peace medals, 15 star flags and other gifts.

10. Lewis & Clark Time Line
August 20, Near present day Sioux City, Iowa, Sgt. Charles Floyd dies of a probable burst appendix. Captains name hilltops where he is buried Floyd's Bluff and a nearby stream, Floyd's River.
August 30, Friendly council with Yankton Sioux held.
September 7, All of the men attempt to drown a never-before-seen prairie dog out of its hole for shipment back to Jefferson.

11. Lewis & Clark Time Line
September 25, Confrontation with Teton Sioux, who demand one of the expedition's boats as a toll to travel farther upriver. Chief Black Buffalo resolves situation before any fighting. Expedition stays with tribe for 3 more days.
October 24, Expedition discovers earthlodge villages of the Mandan and Hidatsas Indians. The captains decide to build Fort Mandan across the river from the main village.

12. Lewis & Clark Time Line
November 4, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French Canadian fur trapper living with the Hidatsas, is hired as an interpreter. His wife, Sacagawea, a Shoshone who had been captured by the Hidatsas and sold to Charbonneau, is also considered helpful as the Shoshones are said to live at the headwaters of the Missouri.
December 24, Fort Mandan completed, expedition moves in for the winter. 9-2B

13. February 11, 1805 -Sacagawea gives birth to baby boy, Jean Baptiste.
April 7, Lewis and Clark send the keelboat and approx. a dozen men back downriver, with maps, reports, Indian artifacts and other scientific specimens for Jefferson. The remaining party heads west.
April 29, Lewis and another hunter kill a large grizzly bear, which had never before been described for science.

14. June 2, 1805 -The expedition comes to a fork in the river
June 2, The expedition comes to a fork in the river. Lewis and Clark believe the south fork is the Missouri, while all of the other men believe it is the north fork. Although they are not convinced that the south fork is the Missouri the captains recount; "they were ready to follow us any where we thought proper to direct."

15. August 8, Sacagawea recognizes Beaverhead Rock and says they are nearing the headwaters of the Missouri, and her people, who are the Shoshones. Lewis and three others scout ahead.

16. August 17, Lewis discovers a village of Shoshones and tries to negotiate for horses. Clark and the rest of the expedition arrives as well, and it is discovered that the Shoshone chief Cameahwait is Sacagawea's brother. Lewis and Clark name the site Camp Fortunate.

17. August 31, The expedition sets out with a Shoshone guide called Old Toby, along with 29 horses and a mule.
September 9, The expedition camps at present day Missoula, Montana, a spot Lewis and Clark called Travelers Rest to prepare for the mountain crossing.

18. October 16, 1805 - The expedition reaches the Columbia River.
October 18, Clark sees Mount Hood in the distance, named by a British sea captain in 1792, proof that they are near the ocean.

19. November 7, Clark, who believes he can see the ocean writes his most famous journal entry: "Ocian in view! O! the joy." The expedition is actually still 20 miles from the sea. Terrible storms halt the expedition for nearly 3 weeks.

20. November 24, By majority vote the expedition decides to cross to the south side of the Columbia River to build winter quarters.
January 4, President Jefferson welcomes a delegation of Missouri, Oto, Arikara, and Yankton Sioux chiefs who had met with Lewis and Clark more than a year earlier.

21. March 23, Fort Clatsop is presented to the Clatsop Indian, for which it was named, and the expedition begins the journey home.
May - Late June, The expedition reaches the Bitterroot mountains, but must wait for the snow to melt before crossing them. During this time the expedition again stays with the Nez Perce, Lewis describes them as "the most hospitable, honest and sincere people that we have met with in our voyage.“ 9-2B

22. July 3, Having crossed the Bitterroots again, the expedition breaks into smaller groups in order to explore more of the Louisiana Territory. Clark and his group head down the Yellowstone River, while Lewis takes the shortcut to the Great Falls, and then heads north along the Maris River. (1)

23. July 25, Near present-day Billings, Montana, Clark names a sandstone outcropping Pompy's Tower, after sacagawea's son, nicknamed Little Pomp. On the rock face Clark enscribes his name and the date.

24. August 14, 1806 - The expedition returns to the Mandan village
August 14, The expedition returns to the Mandan village. Charbonneau, Sacagawea, and Jean Baptist stay, while John Colter is granted permission to return to the Yellowstone to trap beaver.

25. September 23, 1806 - Lewis and Clark reach St. Louis.
Fall, Lewis and Clark are treated as national heroes. They return to Washington, D.C. The men receive double pay and 320 acres of land as reward, the captains get 1,600 acres. Lewis is named governor of the Louisiana Territory, Clark is made Indian agent for the West and brigadier general of the territory's militia.

26. Lewis & Clark
When Lewis & Clark returned in Sept 1806, they had collected information on people, plants, animals and the geography of the west.

27. Pike’s Expedition
Before Lewis & Clark returned to St. Louis, Lt. Zebulon Pike led an expedition btx 1805 & 1807 Through the upper Mississippi R . Valley into the Colorado area.
He found a snow cap he called Grand Peak later

28. Pike’s Expedition
He found a snow cap he called Grand Peak later to be called Pike’s Peak.
During his expedition, he would be captured by the Spanish, but later released.
Lt. Zebulon Pike

29. Federalists Plan to Secede
Many Federalists opposed the Louisiana Purchase.
They feared the states carved out of the new territory would become Republican reducing the Federalists power.

30. Federalists Plan to Secede
A group of Federalists from Massachusetts plotted to secede.
Secede- Withdraw from the Union.
They wanted New England to form a separate “Northern Confederacy.”

31. Federalists Plan to Secede
The Federalists from Massachusetts knew they needed NY a powerful state who would back their plan.
The Federalists backed Aaron Burr in 1804 when ran for governor of NY.

32. Federalists Plan to Secede
Alexander Hamilton heard the rumors Burr had secretly agreed to lead NY out of the union.
Hamilton accused Burr of Treason, Burr lost the election, and the infamous duel killing Hamilton took place. 9-2C