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Louisiana PurchaseSTATE STANDARD 8.US.1.2.

France

Louisiana Purchase was purchased from France and Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

1803

The land was purchased in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson

Land

The purchase nearly doubled the amount of land that the United States owned and gave us our first land west of the Mississippi River

Lewis & Clark

Jefferson commissioned Lewis & Clark to explore the new territory in a quest to reach the Pacific Ocean

Sacajawea

Lewis and Clark encountered the Native American woman Sacajawea on their journey and she joined their team in exploring the new lands

Purchase to Exploration

Thomas Jefferson

Lewis & Clark Sacajawea

States

The new land from the Louisiana Purchase would prove vital to the development of our country

The land would also go on to create many new states as our country progressed

Order of Events

1. Land purchased from France in 1803

2. Doubles size of United States

3. Lewis & Clark commissioned by Jefferson to explore territory

4. Sacajawea joins expedition and helps them reach the Pacific Ocean safely

5. Land is mapped and turned into new states as America grows

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