The expedition's goal as stated by President Jefferson was "to explore the Missouri River, & such principal stream of it as, by its course & communication with the water of the Pacific ocean may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce." In addition, the expedition was to learn more about the Northwest's Natural Resources, inhabitants, and possibilities for settlement.
president Jefferson send Lewis and Clark on an expedition to the west because president Jefferson wanted to learn as much as he can he could about the land (Louisiana) he bought.
Thomas Jefferson was hoping to find a water route through the United States to the Pacific Ocean.
President Thomas Jefferson. It was 1803.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (Lewis and Clark) were commissioned by president Thomas Jefferson to explore the Mississippi-Missouri Valley and study the route to the Pacific. Their expedition took place between 1804 and 1806.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (Lewis and Clark) were commissioned by president Thomas Jefferson to explore the Mississippi-Missouri Valley and study the route to the Pacific. Their expedition took place between 1804 and 1806.
the Pacific Coast
president Jefferson send Lewis and Clark on an expedition to the west because president Jefferson wanted to learn as much as he can he could about the land (Louisiana) he bought.
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he wanted them to find information about the louisiana territory
They went because Thomas Jefferson wanted them to explore the Missouri river and the pacific ocean.
Lewis and Clark were sent, because president Thomas Jefferson wanted them to explore the other side of the Mississippi river. The French sold the US the Louisiana purchase, which was double the US. They wanted to explore over there and see what they were buying. Also they wanted to see what the Pacific Ocean was like. They wanted to claim the land.
Thomas Jefferson was hoping to find a water route through the United States to the Pacific Ocean.
President Jefferson needed Lewis and Clark to map the Louisiana Territory and to explore it.
An expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
he wanted to connect Mississippi to the pacific ocean.
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