How the Lewis and Clark expedition changed America: positively, through westward expansion and indian relations; negatively, through indirect destruction of native american tribes

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As famous astronomer Galileo Galilee once said, "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." When Thomas Jefferson planned the Corps of Discovery, the proper name of the Lewis and Clark expedition, its main purpose was to help increase American wealth through discovery of the unknown truths of the Louisiana Territory.1 Jefferson hoped that great treasures could be found in the territory, such as fur, land, and …

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