Introduction
You will explore the Louisiana Purchase area with Lewis and Clark by becoming a member of their team, The Corps of Discovery.
The year is 1803, Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, has just purchased the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains known as the Louisiana Purchase Territory.
In May of 1804, President Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the vast area west of the Mississippi River. Lewis and Clark were to report back to President Jefferson regarding their observations of plants, animals, native tribes and maps of rivers and mountains along their path.
Task
The year is 1803, Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, has just purchased the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains known as the Louisiana Purchase Territory.
In May of 1804, President Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the vast area west of the Mississippi River. Lewis and Clark were to report back to President Jefferson regarding their observations of plants, animals, native tribes and maps of rivers and mountains along their path.
Task