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Hey welcome to MMS news im joe and im cj and todays headlines include Napolean loses his war and lewis and clark embark on their expedition

napolean bonapart wishes to occupy lousiannaas as soon as possible. in hopes to build a stronger france the only problem with this plan is he needs to use an island south of lousianna as a supply base, in the 1790s slaves over took the island, sadly the french attempted but could not take the island. from th slaves in the battle we did capture there major leader of the island but his determined followers continued to fight and the french army suffered a lost.

2 a weak and poor france is now occupying lousiana. this is making purchasing the mississippi region sound better and better. u.s. leaders have been working on deciding about moving into the west to expand the country. the purchase would also put the us under control of new orleans which will increase trade and movement of people and products. this move would give us more room to live and thrive.

3 the u.s. has purchased the mississippi area. jefferson instructed a u.s ambassodor to attempt purchasing new orleans but napoleon wanted to sell all of the area. napolean is in a war with britan and running low on money so he sold jefferson the area to for a very good price. refueling bonaparts army with money and giving us area to expand, this purchase was an all around win.

4. the nation has doubled in size after the purchase of the mississippi region this expansion is good for exploring new area and add to the population, we will also have more areas for planting and raising animals, david ramsay says the purchase will have quote "such important bene fits at so moterate a price, and under such favorable circumstances, the acquisition of louisiana is the greatest political blessing ever conferrer on these states." end qoute. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark are to embark on a western expedition. Jefferson was trying to send an expedition of explorers west of the Mississippi river but Congress would not fund it. He wanted to see if there was a river route that could be taken to the Pacific Ocean. Alas Jefferson was able to get congress to fund the mission. This is when He chose Lewis and Clark.

Lewis And Clark Crossed the plains. While doing so they would tell every tribe of indians they encountered that the United States now owned the land. One indian woman named Sacagawea offered help to Lewis and Clark while crossing the plains. While crossing the plains they kept journals of all the things they encountered.

Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific. After Lewis and Clark reached the ocean the began their trek back to their home. they reached their final destination in late september. although Lewis and Clark failed to find a river route, they did find useful information on other things. They also recieved very useful nformation on the tribes that they interacted with.

pikes released and reports his trip. Zebulon Pike was sent on an expedition to find if the Red River forms the Louisiana border. while there, pike was imprisoned by the spanish cavalry. Despite being captured for allegedly being a spy, Pike was happy to be able to do business with the spanish in the southwest.