the presidency of jefferson louisiana purchase on october 20, 1803 the senate approved the louisiana...
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE
The Presidency of Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
•On October 20, 1803 the Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase agreement• About
doubled the size of the United States
Explores Head West
In 1803 Jefferson asked Congress to fund an expedition to scout the new territory in the west. Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to
conduct the expedition Lewis asked his friend William Clark to
be his co-leader on the trip Lewis and Clark selected about 50
frontiersman to join their “Corp of Discovery”
Lewis and Clark
Started in St. Charles Mo. They started on their journey
Up the Missouri River.