who was lewis and clark?

Question

I have to do a project on them and I have to answer particular questions. so just get me info thanx!

Answer 1

Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West. Lewis and Clark were accompanied by a crew of men, and later, the Shoshone Indian guide and interpreter Sacajawea (also spelled Sacagawea) and her infant son. Lewis and Clark travelled by river and by land from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Oregon coast (Fort Clatsop), and back again.

President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Lewis to head an expedition to explore the newly-bought Louisiana Territory in order to further commerce (trade). Jefferson also wanted information on the plant and animal life of the American West. This was the first official expedition to cross the continent to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis chose Clark as the co-leader of the expedition; the two men had been friends since childhood.
Lewis left Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1803, heading for Louisville, Kentucky, where he joined Clark and his African-American servant named York, on route to St. Louis.

On May 14, 1804, 45 men in three boats left St. Louis, Missouri, heading west on the Missouri River. Only about half of the men went on the entire trip to the Pacific Ocean and back; the other half of the men turned back during the trip west, bringing maps and scientific specimens back to President Jefferson. Only one man died on the journey; Sergeant Charles Floyd died in Iowa in 1804 of a sudden, unknown illness (the Floyd River is named for him).

Lewis and Clark were joined in North Dakota by the Shoshone Indian guide, interpreter, and negotiator Sacajawea (1788-1812) and her newborn son, called Jean Baptiste (his nickname was Little Pomp). She traveled with the expedition westward to the Pacific Ocean and back to North Dakota. As a young girl, Sacagawea had been kidnapped by the Hidatsa Indians, and was later sold to the French-Canadian fur trader Toussaint Charbonneau. Charbonneau then married Sacagawea. Charbonneau and Sacagawea (who was then pregnant) were hired to help guide the Lewis and Clark expedition. Sacagawea brought her newborn boy along on the journey. William Clark documented Sacagawea's extensive contributions to the expedition, and later cared for her son in his home in St. Louis, Missouri. A golden Sacagawea dollar coin was introduced in the USA in 2000.

Lewis and Clark's journey took 2 years, 4 months, and 10 days; they covered over 8,000 miles. Their expedition was the first to describe the grizzly bear; they also sent a prairie dog back to President Jefferson (these animals were not previously known to Europeans). Upon their return as heroes, Jefferson named Clark the Indian agent for the West, and he appointed Lewis as Governor of the new Louisiana Territory (but Lewis died soon after).

Answer 2

This is the history of the expedition in a nut-shell:

Meriwether Lewis was appointed by Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition across the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean. The goal was to find a water route that would hopefully make crossing the mass of land more expeditious.

Lewis in turn asked William Clark to join the expedition as a co-leader. Together with their crew, including Toussaint Charbonneau, his wife Sacagawea, and their infant son Jean Baptiste (AKA Pomp), they made their way from what is now St. Louis, MO to what is now Astoria, OR and back.

The expedition started in May 1804 and ended in December of 1806.

Despite what some believe, Sacagawea WAS NOT a guide for the expedition. Lewis and Clark hired her husband with the condition that she was to join the expedition as well. She was "hired" as a TRANSLATOR.

For more information, google "Lewis and Clark" and you will find an abundence of accurate websites.

Answer 3

Lewis and Clark were explorers chosen by Thomas Jefferson to investigate the territory purchased known as the Louisiana Purchase. They left from Missouri and eventually were aided by Sacajewa . They would explore the region from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and found that the purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States and well worth the $15 million the US paid Napoleon who needed the money to finance the Napoleonic Wars.

Answer 4

The Louisiana Territory that was purchased from France in 1803 was a lot larger than today's State of Louisiana. Actually, the Louisiana Purchase brought in about 1/3 of the total land area of the continental United States.

Answer 5

Lewis and Clark are explorers sent to explore the rest of America by Benjamin Franklin after he bought the Louisiana Purchase. They traveled all the way to Oregon and met up with an indian named Sacajewia from the Shoshone tribe who guided them and translated with the indians on their journey.

Answer 6

Lewis and Clark were explorers who traveled down the Columbia river. See my source for MUCH more information.

Answer 7

they started an expedition after US arranged the Louisiana Purchase tobasically see the new world that was becoming part of their country

Answer 8

they were settlers that were sent to explore the new land, which was the louisiana purchase.

Answer 9

Do your own homework! Google them.