On October 31, 1803 the United States Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty by a vote of twenty-four to seven. The agreement, which provided for the purchase of the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France at a price of $15 million, or approximately four cents per acre, doubled the size of the country and paved the way for westward expansion beyond the Mississippi. James Madison, the Secretary of State, on the very same day, wrote a letter to William C. C. Claiborne informing him a Treaty with France ceding Louisiana to the United States had been ratified. Two Commissions were enclosed with the letter; one authorizing Mr. Claiborne and General Wilkinson, either jointly or separately, to receive possession and the other appointing Mr. Claiborne Governor of the ceded territory. Claiborne and Wilkinson took possession of the new territory, in New Orleans, on December 20, 1802.
By the 1530s Cabrillo established himself as a citizen of Santiago. In 1532, he traveled to Spain where he met and married Beatriz Sanchez de Ortaga. In 1542, Cabrillo went on his first expedition to explore what is now the coast of California. He was commissioned by governor of Guatemala for a voyage up the California coast under the flag of Spain. Cabrillo hoped to find a wealthy city know as Cibola, and somewhere in the Pacific coast, and a connecting route to the Northwest Passage.
Ryan Brown Michael Blum HIST 2010-002 10, October 2012 WESTWARD HO The population maps of the United States from 1790 to 1840 are a great example of how Thomas Jefferson’s vision for “an empire of liberty” ultimately led to both the Louisiana Purchase and the westward growth that was essential to the prosperity of a new America. During the American Revolution, the men who would come to be America’s first leaders had a plan to occupy and command the whole North American continent. While some early American leaders such as Alexander Hamilton had a financial plan similar to the British, Thomas Jefferson saw a bright future for America through western expansion. Jefferson saw, in America, a land that would be successfully cultivated
After two Federalist presidential administrations, Thomas Jefferson took the oath of office. His major accomplishment as president was the acquisition of the American midwest in the Louisiana Purchase. He paid France $15,000,000 in order to achieve his dream of an American agrarian society. Where in the Constitution did it say a president can acquire new lands? This action was a clear flip-flop from his previous policy of requiring any action to have constitutional authorization.
In 1804, two men, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent out by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the land of the Louisiana Purchase. The two men were to determine if the new territory actually had something that could contribute to America, or if there was nothing new or of importance. They were told to study the plant life, animals, and the geography of the region, to map out the borders of the land. In addition, they were to discover if the area had any natural resources which could make the land beneficial to the economy. What they discovered in the Louisiana Purchase was massive; numerous Indian tribes, plant and animal species, and the Rocky Mountains.
The Lewis and Clark’s expedition: purposes and achievements Being founded in 1776, the United State is labeled as a young nation with a large area of land. With a passage of time, the history of the country has been accompanied by numerous trail adventures, which have made connections between many parts of the massive continent. Being known as the Crops Discovery of Expedition, the Lewis and Clark Expedition is one of the most successful explorations that help America turn over a new leaf. The expedition was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, based on the ground that the United State was in the need of getting valuable minerals and plants, finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean, establishing trade with Native Americans,
Veneration of Columbus in America dates back to colonial times. The name Columbia for "America" first appeared in a 1738 weekly publication of the debates of the British Parliament. [76] The use of Columbus as a founding figure of New World nations and the use of the word 'Columbia', or simply the name 'Columbus', spread rapidly after the American Revolution. In 1812, the name 'Columbus' was given to the newly founded capital of Ohio. During the last two decades of the 18th century the name "Columbia" was given to the federal capital District of Columbia, South Carolina's new capital city Columbia, the Columbia River, and numerous other places.
Early Explorers U.S. History to 1877 American Military University Early Explorers The eastern seaboard was originally stumbled upon by the Europeans in 1524. The North American continent developed into part of the Atlantic world. Christopher Columbus, the Spanish occupation and migration of the Americas began his expedition in the Western Hemisphere. Even though the Vikings voyaged to North America more than 900 years ago, it was Christopher Columbus' decent good fortune in 1492 that whisked Europe into a rage. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, the Spanish Monarchs whom subsidized Columbus' discovery, were the earliest to comprehend the potential prosperity of the New World. The British colonized the New World in the 1580s.
Christopher Columbus was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. His historical findings changed our scientific understanding of the natural world. We acknowledge the spherical Earth, the use of the trade winds, and new plant and animal life he introduced to the “New World.” During his lifetime, Columbus led a total of four expeditions to the New World discovering many of the Caribbean islands, the Gulf of Mexico, and the South and Central America main lands. On October 12, 1492, after a thirty-three-day voyage from the Canary Islands, Columbus landed in San Salvador in the eastern Bahamas. He thought San Salvador was
She not only was only a teenager when she got married and had her first child. Sacagawea was captured about the time she was 11. Sacagawea’s life history is not very clear. Her history is mainly myths and legends. Sacagawea, a Native Indian, went on an expedition with Lewis and Cark and helped achieve the Louisiana Purchase.