I don't now if they wanted to "explore". Thomas Jefferson, the president at that time (the third pres.) picked them because he had just brought the Louisiana Territory from the Spanish, who were offering $15 million. (They needed the money because they had spent lots of their money on the war.. ((offered by Napoleon btw))..). So, President Jefferson appointed them to go explore the land he had just bought. They took others who had good wildlife skills, and Clark brought along his African-American slave, York, who helped a lot. On the way, they met Sacagawea and other Indians (Oto, Missouri, etc..). They went to explore to look for the Northwest passage and to see what was beyond the Mississippi River. (They found lots of animals, ones they never saw in the East, prairie dogs, etc.) They also met Indians. If Sacagawea wasn't there with her son, they would have probably gotten killed. When a woman & child was there with the Americans, the Indians found that they werent a threat or a war party. due to this, the Indians guided them on their way.
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Lewis and Clark's primary goals were to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, to establish an American presence in the territory before other European powers tried to claim it, and to establish trade with Native American tribes. They were also tasked with studying the plants, animal life, and geography of the region.
Lewis and Clark did not explore Colorado during their expedition. They traveled through the western United States, reaching the Pacific Ocean through the Columbia River.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They were both co-captains of the expedition, which aimed to explore and map the newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
The group of explorers in the Lewis and Clark expedition were known as the Corps of Discovery. Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, they set out to explore and map the newly acquired Louisiana Territory in the early 1800s.
William Clark explored for the United States government as a co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1804 to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase territory. Clark and Meriwether Lewis led the expedition to map and document the land west of the Mississippi River.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They were both Army officers tasked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
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Sacagawea and York helped Lewis and Clark explore the west
after the Americans purchased Louisiana territory lewis and clark was told to explore it.
to explore the west :)
Thomas Jefferson hired Lewis & Clark to explore the west.
They explored the Louisiana Territory.
It was 1805 when Lewis and Clark passed through Idaho.
Well, this is easy. Thomas Jefferson inspired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Louisiana.
Lewis and Clark were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the west.
she was helping Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Zebulon Pike
Lewis and Clark explored Missouri River, and Columbia River.