the Lewis and Clark expedition was the first overland expedition undertaken by the united state to the pacific coast and back
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Zebulon Pike
His full name was "Meriwether Lewis." Both he and William Clark did not have a middle name. He is not to be confused with Meriwether Lewis Clark, William Clark's son or Meriwether Lewis Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's grandson.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition : Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark .
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led an expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery to explore the newly acquired land from the Louisiana Purchase. They were commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson.
US President Thomas Jefferson brokered the purchase of the Louisiana territory from Napoleon. Jefferson chose his personal secretary, and neighbor Meriwether Lewis, to lead the exploration of the new US territory. When he needed a partner, however, to help his expedition, Lewis agreed to have William Clark to share the leadership of the exploration of the Louisiana Territory. Sharing the command of the mission, was at the time, a sign of humbleness and Lewis' intelligence to share the duties was a correct one. Therefore, history records that the Lewis and Clark expedition explored the Louisiana Purchase.
President Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke to explore the Louisiana purchase or the new territory The U.S. had just bought.
President Thomas Jefferson asked Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark to explore the new territory in an effort to have a realistic assessment of the resources the land had to offer as well as knowing how the land itself was laid out and the usability of it.
An expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and Zebulon Pike
explorers who explore the Louisiana purchase for president Thomas Jefferson
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark together explored to the Louisiana Purchase for Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and a boatload of other guys.
His full name was "Meriwether Lewis." Both he and William Clark did not have a middle name. He is not to be confused with Meriwether Lewis Clark, William Clark's son or Meriwether Lewis Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's grandson.
They were looking for a all water route to Asia.