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=Thomas Jefferson=

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What He did
Thomas Jefferson was a very important men. He was the third president of the United States. He was very important because he gave money to Lewis and Clark to go explore the United States to go find new animals and new plants. He lived from April 13, 1743- July 4, 1826. Without him will may not know so much because he told Lewis and Clark they found lots of the Animals.

The Lewis and Clark
They went to the Pacific coast and back and they told us so much. They went through Kanas city, Missouri, and Omaha. After a week they went to the great plains and they found elk, deer, bison, and beavers. They drew pictures of all the animals they found and told everyone about it. A chief indian tryed to force them to give them a boat for coming in there and wouldn't leave. They were getting ready to fight but ended up by not fighting.

What Lewis and Clark found on the Journey
Lewis and Clark found hundreds of things but, I'm going to talk about the main ones and some I like. Before they went on the journey Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana purchase. Which is probably the best purchase know to man. It cost 15 million dollars which is a lot, but the land was so big that it didn't matter. Lewis and Clark found prairie dogs, coyotes, bears, beavers, bison, buffaloes, swift fox, and many many others. They found a bunch of plants like monkey flower, Thin-leaved owl cover, Pink elephants, and many others. Lewis and Clark meet Indians on there journey two joined them, Sacajawea and a shoshone indian guide. Sacajawea had a baby on the way and had to carry it ever where. The baby helped them on this journey by showing tribes they do not want to fight if they did they wouldn't have a baby wiht them.

Louisiana Purchase
France was losing to much money in the war they were in. They had to much debt and needed money badly, so they thought how bout sell something. So the decided to sell America Louisiana. Which back the Louisiana wasn't a wimpy state like it is now it was huge went through a bunch of states. Was very cheap for how big it was. Many resources like, gold, silver, copper, water, animals, plants, etc. It was probably the best deal in America it was one of the things that made Thomas Jefferson a big president and one of most people know of. The Louisiana purchase had the Red river, Missouri River, Mississippi river, and many other rivers in it. Had animals like elk, buffalo, bears, and many others.

End of Lewis and Clark Journey
When Lewis and Clark were finishing the journey they turned around and starting heading east. It was quicker to get back because they didn't have to write as much. When they came back they were treated like heros, no Americans had ever gone out there. They heard rumos about demons, dragons, and other stuff like that, but no one had ever gone. They use to say people went and never returned. Lewis and Clark did though they made it back safely. Thomas Jefferson was very happy and showed everyone about the journals and maps of there's. They all were surprised about the new animals out there.

End of Jefferson as President
Close to the end of his shift, was about the time Lewis and Clark came back from there adventure. He was a genius and he was so good at being the president because he was the governor of Virginia. He was other things like vice president and a minister. He was very book smart, street smart, and just had a lot of common sense.