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    Lewis & Clark Portage

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    2) a. The people involved in this event: Person: Personality Traits: Lewis Bold‚ Curious‚ Historian Clark Optimistic‚ Grateful Charbonneau Timid‚ Intelligent‚ Helpful Sacagawea (including her baby) Courageous‚ Brave‚ Clever‚ Helpful Small Advance Party Unspecified Seaman (dog) Protective b. This event took place from June 4th‚ 1805 to July 4th‚ 1805. June 13th was the date in which Lewis and his small party first witnessed the Great Falls of the Missouri River

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    Lewis And Clark Analysis

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    distinguishable are Lewis and Clark. Lewis was the captain and Clark is his co-captain. It is their mission to go on a expedition and discover new things in the uncharted territory. I am one of the crew members they took to aid them in their expedition. We were nearing the shore and getting ready to depart. “Are we all ready crew‚” Lewis said . “ Yes we are captain‚” said the crew. “What is your plan captain when we get there?” I said. “You will see once you get there‚”Lewis said. We set off

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    called Spirit Mound 6 miles north of the river. Lewis and Clark took several men and hiked a few hours north of the river. Their goal was to investigate an isolated hill on the prairie rumored to be inhabited by fierce spirit people who were 18 inches tall. They had remarkably large heads and could through shafts across a great distance to kill. Lewis and Clark took several men and hiked a few hours to get there The land also had

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    Relationships with the Mandan’s Thomas Jefferson has just expanded the United States territory immensely. This purchase is known as the Louisiana Purchase‚ which is arguably the best decision in US history. With all the new land resulted in lots of unknown questions. Some of them were what does this land provide‚ what animals are out there‚ who can be found on this land? To answer some of these mysterious questions Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to go explore the Louisiana Purchase

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    Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took the risk of life‚ limb‚ and liberty to bring back the precious and valuable information of the Pacific Northwest of the United States territory. Their accomplishments of surviving the trek and delivering the data to the U.S. government‚ have altered the course of history‚ but have some Historian’s and author’s stating‚ "It produced nothing useful."‚ and having "added little to the stock of science and wealth. Lewis and Clark’s expedition is one of the

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    Lewis and Clark Expedition Thomas Jefferson had many goals for the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ but the main goal was to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean. Although they did not accomplish this goal‚ they did accomplish many more of their goals. One of the goals they fulfilled included taking notes of the lands economic potential during their expedition. Also‚ Lewis and Clark‚ both wrote diaries that reported wildlife‚ abundant resources‚ opportunities for trade‚ and other information

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    Lewis & Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent on an expedition by President Thomas Jefferson soon after the Louisiana Purchase which was the first expedition of the westward Untied States. This was known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ the main objective of this mission was to map the new territory‚ find a route across the western part of the continent‚ and establish American existence in the new territory. Jefferson wanted the interactions with the Indians to be civilized and no

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    started on February 28‚ 1803‚ when President Thomas Jefferson gained approval for his visionary project. This project was to explore the unknown West with a small expeditionary group. President Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to head this expedition. Both Lewis and Clark had close ties to Jefferson. Meriwether Lewis was one of Jefferson’s secretaries and William Clark was a close friend. The initial idea of the expedition was to include scientific inquiry‚ geographic mapping

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    Was Lewis and Clark’s expedition one of the main reasons the U.S is what it is today? Lewis and Clark’s expedition lasted two years‚ four months‚ and ten days. They traveled about 8‚000 miles (13‚000 km). The expedition was planned to go west of Missouri and to discover what was beyond the eastern area of the U.S‚ the government was able to explore this area of the U.S because of the Louisiana purchase. The Louisiana Purchase was bought from the French for $15 million dollars and the land area

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    ​When the students of Lewis & Clark were commonly describing the student body as alternative‚ socially conscious‚ and creative‚ I knew I would fit in. I’m interested in attending Lewis & Clark College because the college and student body’s values of social responsibility are the same values that I hold throughout my daily life. Beyond the high quality and personable teaching I can receive in classes‚ the things I can learn from the students are invaluable. I would receive so much insight from the

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