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Back in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson wanted to know more about the land west of the Mississippi River. He hoped to find a water river of some sort to the Pacific Ocean, make friends with the Native American groups to do some fur trade. So, he asked Congress for $2,500 to fund an expedition. Which has Lewis, and invited his friend William Clark.

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Lewis and Clark found hundreds and thousand animals by themselves.

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During their expedition they had discovered and founded new things such as newly discovered plants where they had found 178 founded plants during their exploration. However, they also had to face some problems including hostile and fearsome Native American tribes and rough weather conditions they had to face.

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They brought back a journal filled with details about Native American tribes, plants, and animals that they'd never seen before.

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in 1808, when Clark was 37 years old he married 16 old Julia Hancock. The couple had five children and she died suddenly in 1820. Then Clark married Julia's cousin, Harriet Radford, and she had three more children before her death in 1831. Then Clark finally died in 1838 at the age of 68.

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William Clark married Julia Hancock when she was 17 and he was 37. But Meriwether Lewis on the other hand never married.

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Lewis and Clark had discovered three things, they mapped an uncharted land, rivers, and mountains. They also found hundreds and thousands of animals they wrote on their journal of new species

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they aided the expansion of the fur trade and the expedition also strengthened U.S. claims to the Pacific.

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Lewis and Clark were 2 men that the president Thomas Jefferson chose to be co-leaders of an expedition to further explore the land of the United States. They traveled 8,000 miles and are the reason for most of the westward expansion of land in the U.S.

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What was the lewis and Clark expedition 1804 1806

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What was the lewis and Clark expedition 1804 1806

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a U.S. military expedition that lasted from 1804 to 1806. The expedition's purpose was to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest.

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Lewis and Clark's team mapped uncharted land, rivers, and mountains.The Lewis and Clark Expedition lasted two years, four months, and ten days.During the Expedition, Lewis and Clark was facing unknown territory, bitter weather, unpredictable Indian tribes, wild animals, and geographical challenges.

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Lewis identified 178 plants new to science, including bitterroot, prairie sagebrush, Douglas fir, and ponderosa pine, as well as 122 animals, such as grizzly bear, prairie dog, and pronghorn antelope.

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Lewis and Clark split up after the Bitterroot Mountains. The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition.

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Thomas Jefferson made a project after the Louisiana purchase and wanted to explore more territory as much as possible and Lewis and Clark found many new plants and they passed rivers, Native Americans, and mountains.

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Thomas Jefferson led the expedition. Lewis and Clark would have a team and they would explore uncharted land.

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I didn't know that Clark and Lewis went different paths with Clark having a successful life, however Lewis drank a lot and had no wife and a child and died on 1809 due to two gunshots injuries.

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The expedition lasted over 2 years to travel 8000 miles.

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Lewis and Clark discover 178 new plant to science and 122 animals too.

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Lewis and Clark's expedition lasted about 2 years. They came back to St. Louis with maps, sketches, and journals.

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Lewis and Clark explore the North American West

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The final segment of The Lewis and Clark Expedition outlines the journey back to St. Louis, Mo. Along

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Lewis and Clark found more than 100 animals and over 170 plants and identified them.

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Their journey is searching for details and trying to discover facts about the Native American people,plants, etc.

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At the time, Thomas Jefferson was the president. He had requested congress to send soldiers to the Mississippi. Lewis, had chosen Clark a lieutenant to assist him on the expedition. Lewis and Clark were able to claim unknown territory and much more.