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Lewis, President Jefferson’s personal secretary, was an officer in the United States Army and spoke several Native American languages. Lewis recommended Clark—a retired officer who had served...
Introduction. Between 1804 and 1806 a group of U.S. soldiers and explorers traveled from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast and back. The leaders of this expedition, or journey, were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. In 1803 the United States had bought a huge territory west of the Mississippi River.
Lewis and Clark were asked by President Thomas Jefferson to explore and map the wild west of North America. They traveled across the country to the Pacific Ocean and back again. Who were Lewis and Clark? Captain Meriwether Lewis (1774 - 1809) was President Thomas Jefferson's private secretary.
In the winter of 1803–04 the expedition was assembled in Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri. The permanent party originally consisted of the two leaders, Lewis and Clark; three sergeants; 22 privates; the part-Native American frontiersman George Drouillard; and Clark’s African American slave, York.
13 lip 2024 · The Lewis and Clark Expedition was an expedition by Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) and William Clark (1770–1838), two men chosen by United States President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase, which the country had just bought from France. (This land was made up of much of what is now the Central and Western United States).
1 lip 2014 · Summary: The Lewis and Clark Expedition consisted of a select group of military men, called the Corps of Discovery and civilians, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark to explore the US lands obtained in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition is considered to be one of the most important exploration events in U.S. history. President Thomas Jefferson knew the importance of exploring the new land area that had just been bought from the French in the Louisiana Purchase.
