The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804–1806), was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast undertaken by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, it was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The goal of the expedition was to create friendly contact with the Native Americans that wanted to trade goods, and to find the northwest passage; a water route across North America that explorers had been seeking ever since Columbus came to North America. Lastly, the President wanted to spread the liberty that the US was trying to get all the way out to the West Coast to make one great nation.
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