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The West in 1800

- Kentucky & Tennessee will declare statehood in 1800, while Ohio will declare in 1803

- the Mississippi River was our western border, but France & Spain were negotiating for control of the Louisiana Territory in 1800

- control for the port of New Orleans almost caused war!

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Napoleon and New Orleans

- after losing the French & Indian War, France turned over the Louisiana Territory to Spain

- the fight for New Orleans almost caused a war between the United States & Spain

- in 1800, Spain sent the Louisiana Territory back to France in a secret treaty

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- to avoid war, Jefferson asked Napoleon Bonaparte if he would be willing to sell New Orleans

- Jefferson received a surprising response: “did the U.S. want to purchase the entire Louisiana Territory?”

Napoleon Bonaparte

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The Louisiana Purchase

- Napoleon turned the Louisiana Territory over for a couple reasons:

1. America was determined to keep the New Orleans port open

2. the Haitian revolt in Hispaniola by Toussaint L’Ouverture weakened Napoleon’s desire for a colony in America

3. France needed the money to fund their war with England

- Jefferson obtained the Louisiana Purchase for $15,000,000 on April 30, 1803, doubling the size of the United States!!!

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Lewis and Clark Explore

- after the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to conduct an expedition to explore the new territory

- the 40 man expedition came to be known as the Lewis and Clark expedition or the “Corps of Discovery”

- Clark’s slave, York, became very popular with the Native-Americans for his hunting skills York

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Ch.10, Sec.2 – The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration

Up the Missouri River

- Jefferson instructed the expedition to record the landscape, plants, animals, and establish good relations with Natives

- they left in May of 1804 and by October had reached the Mandan Indian villages in North Dakota

- they spent the Winter with the Mandan people and French fur trappers

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- in the Spring of 1805, the expedition left the village with a French trapper, his wife Sacagawea, and their baby

- Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman with great geographical knowledge & language skill

- she was born in Idaho, but was taken prisoner by the Mandan tribe in a battle with the Shoshone in 1800 and relocated to North Dakota

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Ch.10, Sec.2 – The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration

On to the Pacific Ocean

- the expedition had to walk around the 10-mile long Great Falls in Montana

- once completed, they made their way onto Shoshone lands in Idaho

- in November of 1805, the expedition finally reached the Pacific Ocean!

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Pike’s Expedition

- with Lewis & Clark exploring the northern territory of the Louisiana Territory, Jefferson asked Zebulon Pike to explore the southern portion along the Arkansas and Red Rivers

- Pike traveled all the way to the Rockies (Pike’s Peak in Colorado is named after him)

- the expedition eventually traveled to the Rio Grande River and was arrested by Spanish troops & released in 1807 Zebulon Pike

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Ch.10, Sec.2 – The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration