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. :)
because he liked secrets
President Thomas Jefferson. It was 1803.
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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.
President Thomas Jefferson wanted to see what lay beyond the more he talked to Lewis about it the more curious became.
a letter
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Thomas Jefferson
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.
the Lewis and clark expedition.
Thomas Jefferson
President Jefferson needed Lewis and Clark to map the Louisiana Territory and to explore it.
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They were paid to do it by President Thomas Jefferson
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