Louisiana Flashcards

10062922833	Sacagawea	A Shoshone woman who went on the lewis and clark expedition	0
10062929553	Meriwether Lewis	He and William Clark led an expedition from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean	1
10070560476	William Clark	The 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
10070566806	Appalachian Mountains	A mountain range that was used as a boundary for the Proclamation of 1763.	3
10070569300	Manifest Destiny	A belief in the early 1800s that the United States should own all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.	4
10070574330	Louisiana Purchase	The 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
10070585653	The Battle of Fallen Timbers	1794, struggle between American Indians and the United States for control of the Northwest Territory.	6
10070586339	Cumberland Gap	Daniel Boone used this route (Gap) through the Appalachian Mountains, and it became Wilderness Road.	7
10070589523	Zebulon Pike	Explored the southern part of the Louisiana Territory. He has a peak named after him, over 14,000 ft.	8
10070591827	Thomas Jefferson	Wrote the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of the United States, and sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition.	9
10070600406	Pioneer	A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.	10
10070600912	Greenville	A treaty that opened most of Ohio to white settlers.	11
10070602715	York	Clark's slave and explored with Lewis and Clark.	12