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10062922833SacagaweaA Shoshone woman who went on the lewis and clark expedition0
10062929553Meriwether LewisHe and William Clark led an expedition from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean1
10070560476William ClarkThe other leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He and his partner, Meriwether Lewis, were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory.2
10070566806Appalachian MountainsA mountain range that was used as a boundary for the Proclamation of 1763.3
10070569300Manifest DestinyA belief in the early 1800s that the United States should own all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.4
10070574330Louisiana PurchaseThe territory purchased by the Americans from the French in 1803. The main reason for the purchase was the French needed money for their war with the British.5
10070585653The Battle of Fallen Timbers1794, struggle between American Indians and the United States for control of the Northwest Territory.6
10070586339Cumberland GapDaniel Boone used this route (Gap) through the Appalachian Mountains, and it became Wilderness Road.7
10070589523Zebulon PikeExplored the southern part of the Louisiana Territory. He has a peak named after him, over 14,000 ft.8
10070591827Thomas JeffersonWrote the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of the United States, and sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition.9
10070600406PioneerA person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.10
10070600912GreenvilleA treaty that opened most of Ohio to white settlers.11
10070602715YorkClark's slave and explored with Lewis and Clark.12

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