Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Meriwether Lewis William Clark Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States  Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Doubles the size of the US  Lewis was his.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Meriwether Lewis William Clark Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States  Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Doubles the size of the US  Lewis was his."— Presentation transcript:

1

2 Meriwether Lewis

3 William Clark

4 Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States  Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Doubles the size of the US  Lewis was his personal secretary – TJ Trained him in botany and zoology – Gave the expedition its mission

5 Corps of Discovery  33 Members – Soldiers – Frontiersmen – Trappers – Traders – Sacagawea – Clark’s slave York – Lewis’s Newfoundland Dog Seaman

6 Harpers Ferry, WV  Federal Arsenal – Guns – Knives – Axes – Hatchets – Supplies

7 New Sights The expedition was in awe of the immense herds of buffalo. "I had a view of... near 20,000 of those animals feeding on [the] plain," wrote William Clark It's colour is yellowish brown, the eyes small, black, and piercing...these bear being so hard to die reather intimedates us all..."— Meriwether Lewis

8 The Route, The Journey, The Vehicles!

9 Trading With the Native-Americans

10 New Coins (Contemporary)

11 Bibliography http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditio ns/activities/01/lewis_gallery_1.html http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark http://usmint.gov/


Download ppt "Meriwether Lewis William Clark Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States  Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Doubles the size of the US  Lewis was his."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google