1. Mr. James Healy 7th Grade BAVPA
President Thomas Jefferson The Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition
Mr. James Healy
7th Grade BAVPA

3. Thomas Jefferson was an architect.

4. Thomas Jefferson’s home was Monticello

7. Jefferson was an inventor.
One of his favorite inventions, though not one of his own, was the polygraph
hold two pens so that one will copy the writing of the other
duplicates your writing

8. Jefferson Becomes President
Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, takes the oath of office on March 4, 1801.
President Jefferson called the United States a rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land.

9. Jefferson’s First Problem
Spain closed the port of New Orleans to western farmers, hoping to stop the United States from moving farther west past the Mississippi River.
Spain had taken over all of Louisiana, including New Orleans, after France lost the French and Indian War.

11. A Secret Revealed
During the French and Indian War, France had given much of its land in North America to Spain to prevent the British from getting control of it.
In 1802 President Jefferson learned that Spain had secretly given Louisiana back to France.

12. The Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to ask the French leader, Napoleon to sell part of Louisiana, including New Orleans to the United States.
President Jefferson offered $10 million.

14. Dealing with Napoleon
Napoleon was fighting two wars. One in the Caribbean and one with England.
He needed money to pay the costs of these two wars.
He offered to sell the land to the United States for $15 million.

16. Let’s Make a Deal
The U.S. wanted to purchase approximately 800,000 square miles of land.
The purchase price was $15 million which was 4¢ per acre.
Today, the same land purchase would cost approximately $200 million.

17. Deal or No Deal?
On April 30, 1803, the United States agreed to purchase the huge territory, reaching from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains and from New Orleans north to Canada.
The territory became known as the Louisiana Purchase.
Eventually, this land would become 15 new states.

18. Was it a Good Deal?
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
The U.S. gained control of the port of New Orleans.
With this land purchase, the U.S. became one of the largest countries in the world.
The Louisiana Purchase was one of the largest land sales in the history of the United States.

20. Quiz 1
What was President Thomas Jefferson’s view of American when he became President?
Give three interesting facts about Thomas Jefferson.
Why did the Spanish give the Louisiana territory to the French?
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte and did he want to sell the Port of New Orleans to the Americans?
Why did Napoleon need money?
Please give 4 important points about the Louisiana Purchase.

22. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Thomas Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition to learn all he could about the new land.
Lewis asked his friend William Clark to assist him with the expedition.
York, William Clark’s slave, also helped with the mission to explore the new land.

23. Corps of Discovery
The leaders of the expedition called their group the Corps of Discovery.
The group left from St. Louis and traveled up the Missouri River in 1804.
The main goal of the journey was to map the land for President Jefferson.
They encountered many Native American tribes along the way.

26. Sacagawea – Bird Woman
Sacagawea agreed to travel with Lewis and Clark and serve as a translator.
She was 15 years old.
She carried her infant son on her back during the journey.
She died at the age of 26.

27. Results of the Expedition
Lewis and Clark traveled from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.
They returned to St. Louis in 1806.
The expedition lasted almost 3 years.
They brought back maps showing the major rivers and mountains, seeds, plants, and even living animals.

30. Quiz 2 What was the Corp of Discovery? Where did they start?
What were the main goals of Lewis and Clark?
Who was Sacagawea and how did she help Lewis and Clark?
Name four major results of the Lewis and Clark expedition.