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LOUISIANA PURCHASE

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Page 1: The Presidency of Jefferson Louisiana Purchase On October 20, 1803 the Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase agreement About doubled the size of the.

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

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The Presidency of Jefferson

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Louisiana Purchase

•On October 20, 1803 the Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase agreement• About

doubled the size of the United States

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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”

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Lewis and Clark

Started in St. Charles Mo. They started on their journey

Up the Missouri River.