https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k Made with a dash of wit en-us 2021-01-07 16:58:02 UTC 2025-11-04 20:13:10 UTC hello@padlet.com navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064065665 -Lewis and Clark were chosen by Thomas Jefferson to explore the new territory gained by the Louisiana Purchase.
-Meriwether Lewis was born in Virginia  in 1774 but spent his early childhood in Georgia.
-William Clark was born in Virginia in 1770 but moved with his family to Kentucky at age 15.]]> 2021-01-07 16:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064065665 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064075428 -Lewis new that this exploration would not be easy.
-He studied medicine, botany, astronomy and zoology and scrutinized existing maps and journals of the region. 
-45 people went along with Lewis and Clark on this expedition.]]> 2021-01-07 17:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064075428 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064102550 -Thomas Jefferson purchased and west of the Appalachian mountains from the French for 15 million. 
-He did not know much about the new land that he bought.
-Jefferson asked Congress to finance an expedition to survey the lands of the so-called Louisiana Purchase and appointed Lewis as expedition commander.]]> 2021-01-07 17:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064102550 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064122249 -Most of the land they explored was already occupied by the Native Americans. 
-Lewis and Clark met many tribes, some trusted Lewis and Clark and some did not. 
-They also said that they would offer military protection in exchange for piece.]]> 2021-01-07 17:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064122249 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064139278 -While at Fort Mandan, Lewis and Clark met French-Canadian trapper Toussaint Charbonneau and hired him as an interpreter. 
-They allowed his pregnant Shoshone Indian wife, Sacagawea to join them on the expedition. 
-She was familiar with Native American languages, so they used her as an interpreter.]]> 2021-01-07 17:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064139278 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064147705 -Lewis and Clark returned to Washington D.C in the fall of 1806 ---They shared what they learned during their expedition to Thomas Jefferson. 
- they had failed to identify a coveted Northwest passage water route across the continent.
-They had completed their mission of surveying the Louisiana Territory from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, and did so against tremendous odds with just one death and little violence.]]> 2021-01-07 17:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064147705 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064158105 - Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States.
- Thomas Jefferson was Democratic-Republican.
-Thomas Jefferson was the first Democratic-Republican as president who proceeded Adams as the third U.S. president. 
-He wrote the Declaration of Independence as one of the Founding Fathers. 
-During his presidency the purchased new territory that doubled the size of the United States of America.]]> 2021-01-07 17:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064158105 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064171334 -Jefferson believed in an economy untouched by the government.
- In 1800, Spain gave the Louisiana Territory to France.
- Napoleon, France’s leader at that time, had plans for the land, they were upset by over spending to defend French territory in Haiti.
-The Haitian slaves rebelled, gaining their independence and devastating Napoleon's hope to maintain land in the Western Hemisphere. 
-Since France was in the midst financial downturn, in 1803 Jefferson seized the opportunity and bought the Louisiana territory]]> 2021-01-07 17:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1064171334 navyathagobinath390 https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1065028687 -As the wars in Europe raged, France and Britain continued to
impress American merchants and steal cargo.
-In order to protect the U.S. and maintain neutrality, Jefferson drafted and pushed the Embargo Act through Congress in 1807. This law forbid any and all trade with the world’s countries.
-While it’s intentions
were good, the embargo crippled the U.S. economy, and
especially hurt merchants in the northern states.]]> 2021-01-07 20:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/navyathagobinath390/na2m7b2nmo3lpg3k/wish/1065028687