when he thought it was time.............i think maybe round 1810??
The United States. Our third President - Jefferson, bought the Louisiana Purchase from France and sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new land.
He wanted to see the Louisiana territory, because America just bought it from France. So not everyone knew what it looked like. He sent Clark and Lewis to explore it. My source is being in History class. :)
Both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were born in Virginia Colony in the 1700s. Virginia Colony was in the United States. Lewis was born in 1774 and Clark in 1770. These men were sent by President Jefferson in 1804 on an expedition to find water route across North America as well as explore the uncharted western parts of this country.
Lewis and Clark are famous for what they did because they were sent out to unknown land and set to explore and discover things like water routes to the pacific ocean and write a description of the territory
The Lewis and Clark expedition did not gain any land for the United States. The expedition was sent to explore land that was recently purchased from France. The area was known as Louisiana territory.
Lewis and Clark were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the west.
Thomas Jefferson
President Jefferson had sent them out to explore the land.
President Thomas Jefferson sent them to explore the "Louisiana Purchase" as they called it.
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America. Thomas Jefferson sent them to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
The Lewis and Clark expedition was sent west by Thomas Jefferson to explore the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.
Spain, France, England, and Russia already claimed lands in the west before Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark out to explore
He sent Lewis and Clark to explore the land.
he sent Lewis and Clark to explore the west and changed history
Lewis and Clark were went out by Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory.
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.