Thomas Jefferson was hoping to find a water route through the United States to the Pacific Ocean.
President Thomas Jefferson. It was 1803.
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
President Thomas Jefferson
Merriweather Lewis and William Clark's journey, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, lasted from May of 1804 to September of of 1806. President Jefferson commissioned this expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
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President Jefferson needed Lewis and Clark to map the Louisiana Territory and to explore it.
President Thomas Jefferson. It was 1803.
Thomas Jefferson was president at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. infact, he sent Lewis out to explore and Lewis chose Clark to come along. So, Thomas Jefferson had a huge influence on the expedition.
They were paid to do it by President Thomas Jefferson
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The expedition was started by President Jefferson and it was to explore the Missouri River.
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
Before the expedition, Meriwether Lewis served as a personal secretary and aide to President Thomas Jefferson, while William Clark was a US Army officer who had experience in cartography and leading expeditions.
Thomas Jefferson on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.