LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION

By devin.young

  • Jefferson is elected President

    Jefferson is elected President
    Thomas Jefferson was the canidate for the Democratic-Republician Party. He ran against John Adams of the Federalilsts Party

  • Meriwether Lewis becomes Jefferson's Secretary

    Meriwether Lewis becomes Jefferson's Secretary
    Thomas Jefferson taught Lewis how to navigate by sextant.

  • Mr. President asked Lewis to command an expedition to the west.

    Mr. President asked Lewis to command an expedition to the west.
    In June of 1803 Lewis invited his friend William Clark to be a part of the expedition. September 23,1806 successful expedition returns to St. Louis Missouri.

  • President Jefferson is reelected: Vice President Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton.

    President Jefferson is reelected: Vice President Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton.
    Hamilton and Burr were political enemies for years.

  • Louisana territory is formed

    Louisana territory is formed
    Bought from the French for $15,000,000

  • Lewis dies

    Lewis dies
    He died in Nashville,Tennessee. He committed suicide.

  • War Of 1812

    War Of 1812
    The last war fought between Great Britian and the United States.

  • Journals of Lewis and Clark was published

    Journals of Lewis and Clark was published
    http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/faw:@field(DOCID+@lit(icufawcbf0001adiv1))

  • Jefferson dies

    Jefferson dies
    Jefferson was an accomplished lawyer, amateur scientist, ambassador, architect, noted polition, and one o the most political theorist in U.S. history.

  • Clark dies

    Clark dies
    He died in St. Louis. Lewis and Clark were the very first U.S. citizens to cross the American Continent.