22 sett 1803 anni - ken burns the west

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talks about lewis and clarks expedition and the impact of the lousiana purchase.
Lewis and Clark began expedition called Corps of Discovery
They embarked from St. Louis along the Missouri River heading Northwest
The primary objective was to explore the Missouri River and find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean
It purchased half a billion acres from Missouri River to Rocky Mountains (excluded west of Rockies, Southwest and Oregon territory (northwest)
The prior boundary of the United States was the Mississippi River
The new Western Boundary became the Rocky Mountains

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