The Louisiana Purchase and the Corps of Discovery
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THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY
TOPIC:LOUISIANA PURCHASE / KEY PEOPLE, TERMS AND EVENTS:
PINCKNEY’S TREATY
NAPOLEON
LOUISIANA TERRITORY
CORPS OF DISCOVERY
LEWIS AND CLARK
/ -Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain allowed the U.S. to use the lower portion of the Mississippi Riverfor trade
-Spain secretly sold the Louisiana Territory to France
-Napoleonwanted to build an American Empire but problems in Santo Domingo (Haiti) convinced him otherwise
-Napoleon (needing $ for war) and the U.S. (use of the lower Mississippi) struck a deal and the U.S. bought the entire territory for $15 Million
-Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark(Corps of Discovery) to explore a portion of the newly purchased territory
-Co-leader of Corps of Discovery
-Later became Governor of the Louisiana Territory
-More of a scientist than William Clark / WILLIAM CLARK
-Co-leader of Corps of Discovery
-Later became Governor of the Missouri Territory
-Expert map-maker
GOALS OF THE TRIP
-To explore the new Louisiana Territory- explore new environmental features, animals, plants, native tribes
-To reach the Pacific Ocean / NEZ PERCE
-Very helpful to Lewis and Clark during the expedition - gave them food, shelter, and helped them make canoes to go down the Snake and Columbia rivers, which ultimately helped them reach the Pacific Ocean.
ST. LOUIS and CAMP WOOD
-Starting and ending point of the Lewis and Clark expedition / THE SNAKE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS
-Snake River - begins in the Rocky Mountains and flows into the Columbia
-Columbia River - flows into the Pacific Ocean
-These two rivers led to the Pacific Ocean, which was a goal of the trip.
THE MISSOURI RIVER
-Spent most of their beginning journey there - explored it as a route to get to the Pacific / FORT CLATSOP
-Lewis and Clark spent nearly four rainy months here preparing for their return trip home to St. Louis.
FORT MANDAN
-Where the Corps of Discovery spent their first Winter.
-Sacagawea joined them here. / RETURN TRIP
-Was shorter than the original trip out because:
-They didn’t have to stop and record everything.
-They knew where they were going because they had Clark’s maps
-They were going with the current - downstream.
-They already established relationships with native tribes they would encounter on the way home
-Most of them really wanted to get home!
GREAT FALLS
-Obstacle along the Missouri River / SACAGAWEA
-Woman who was extremely helpful as a guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition
-Helped them translate, as well as point out resources for food, and which resources to stay away from.
-Also served as a symbol of peace to other Native Tribes the Corps of Discovery met along the way.
SHOSHONE
-Provided horses and shelter for the Corps of Discovery / IMPORTANCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-Importance:
-Napoleon did not become our neighbor (good thing)
-Gained huge amounts of farmland
-Secured control of the Mississippi River
-Accomplishments:
-Found the source of the Missouri River, met more than 50 Native tribes and discovered hundreds of new plants and animals.
-Created maps of the area