The Early Nineteenth Centory

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purchase was a mastermind move by Jefferson that let the farming
nation trade using the whole Mississippi.

Another achievement of Thomas Jefferson was the exploration of the
Louisiana Territory. He hired Lewis and Clark to explore the uncharted
territory. He told them to search the land for a river passage to the Pacific
Ocean. Jefferson also told them to keep diaries and make maps. This was
Clark's task. In May, 1804, forty-four men set out on the expedition. The
travelers tried to be friendly with the Indians on their way. When they reached
North Dakota they hired the French trapper Toussaint Charbonneau, and his wife
Sacajawea to be guides and interpreters. With them they traveled all the way to
the Pacific Coast and back. Even though many people were disappointed upon
their return that they had not found an all water route, Lewis and Clark were
the first to map most of this land we call America. They also aroused an
interest in the people to move westward in the ...

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