1. Warm up

2. Review
Pre-War 1812
Indian Conflicts

3. The Lewis and Clark Expedition:
Focusing on
the Louisiana Purchase

4. The louisiana purchase
background
timeline
maps
quiz

5. Background

6. Background
It is 1803, and the United States of America is less than 30 years old.
Thomas Jefferson is our president.

7. Background Our country was growing very rapidly!
People were moving farther west in search of more land for crops and livestock.
The United States was becoming too crowded!
Thomas Jefferson also wanted to buy and be in charge of New Orleans
Big port that would give lots of control to America and help out lots of farmers.

8. Background U.S. wanted to buy land from France.
Napoleon, the emperor of France, did not want to sell, because he wanted to create a big empire for France.
However, there were troubles in Europe, and France needed the money, so Napoleon agreed to sell quickly to President Jefferson.
He didn’t just sell New Orleans, he also agreed to sell the whole Louisiana Territory!

9. The Louisiana Purchase

10. The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the land deal between France and the United States that Napoleon and Jefferson agreed upon in 1803.

11. The Louisiana Purchase
The United States acquired 828,000 sq. miles of land, west of the Mississippi River, for $15,000,000.
This land deal created part/all of 15 current states that we have today.

12. The Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery to lead an expedition out west to discover this new Louisiana Territory.
The Corps of Discovery was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

13. The Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark’s expedition out west lasted for 3 years, from 1804 – 1806.
President Jefferson wanted them to explore a route through the new territory to the Pacific Ocean.

14. The Louisiana Purchase
The Corps of Discovery discovered hundreds of new plants and animals.
They also met and discovered several new American Indian tribes.

15. Maps

16. Maps
The Louisiana Purchase DOUBLED the size of the United States!

17. Maps
States (part/all) : Arkansas Missouri Iowa Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota New Mexico Texas Montana Wyoming Colorado Louisiana

18. Timeline

19. Timeline 1776 – US becomes a country
1801 – Thomas Jefferson becomes president
1803 – The Louisiana Purchase between France and the US
1803 – Assemble Corps of Discovery for expedition out west
– The Lewis and Clark Expedition