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Lewis and Clark were sent to the Louisiana Territory to explore new land.
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A trip organized by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly bought Louisiana territory.
Their purpose was to discover what was West of the Mississippi River. At that time, no-one had ventured past the Mississippi and it was unknown territory.
Benjamin Franklin did not send Lewis on his mission to explore the Louisiana Territory. It was President Thomas Jefferson who gave Lewis the instructions.
Interpreted for Lewis and clark on their expedition in the Louisiana and Oregon territory
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Lewis and Clark explored parts of Oregon as part of the Louisiana Territory. In 1846 under President James K. Polk the U.S. signed a treaty with Britain that gave the U.S. possession of the Oregon territory.
William Clark along with Meriwether Lewis formed the famous explorers Lewis and Clark. They went on a three year expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory. They were also tasked with claiming the Oregon Territory for the United States.
Robert Gray, a fur trader, came to Oregon 1st so I think he found it. but Lewis and Clark found it also
Lewis and Clark followed the Missouri river.
Missouri then the Columbian Rivers
No, the Oregon Trail was used by people moving to settle in Oregon later in the Nineteenth Century. It didn't exist yet when Lewis and Clark surveyed the land the United States gained in the Louisiana Purchase. In fact, the Oregon Territory was not even a part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark were commisioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Lousiana Purchase territory. Starting from St. Louis, they traveled through the territory and ended in Fort Clatsop in the Oregon territory where they saw the Pacific Ocean. A map of their route can be viewed under Related Links.
They landed at the mouth of the Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon. This was unknown territory and no city existed in Oregon at this time. In total they had traveled 7,689 miles.
Lewis & Clark Expedition Contiguity (it bordered the US)Settlement