Lewis and Clark for Kids: Their Journey of Discovery with 21 Activities
write 1800 Jefferson is elected president 1801 Lewis becomes President Jefferson's secre tary 1802 President Jefferson asks Lewis to command
an expedition to the west 1803 Louisiana Purchase Lewis invites Clark to join him in command of the expedition 1804 President Jefferson is reelected Vice Presi dent Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton 1804 1806 Lewis and Clark expedition 1805 Louisiana Territory is formed 1807 Lewis is appointed governor of Louisiana Territory and Clark is appointed brigadier general of militia and superintendent of Indian affairs Louisiana Territory 1809 Lewis dies 1812 War of 1812 1813 Clark is appointed governor of Missouri Ter ritory 1814 The journals of Lewis and Clark are pub lished 1826 Jefferson dies 1838 Clark dies
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Preface To the Westward Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born in Albemarle County Virginia in 1743 His father was a surveyor and planter Thomas's mother was from one of Vir ginia's most distinguished families Their tall freckle faced son grew up to become the third pres ident of the United States Jefferson wrote the Dec laration of Independence and served as minister to France and later as secretary of state under Presi dent George Washington In addition he was an architect naturalist gardener and inventor Jefferson designed and started building his ele gant home Monti cello when he was 26 years old He conducted the country’s first archaeological survey and found the bones of ancient Indians Jefferson also collected a great library and cre ated the University of Virginia By making the Lou isiana Purchase and appointing the expedition to explore North America he changed the face of the nation Jefferson died on July 4 1826 the 50th anniversary of the signing of his Declaration of
