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Chapter 11

Chapter 11. Lesson 2. Jefferson Moves West. America- The Story of Us Westward. Thomas Jefferson, 3 rd President. Thomas Jefferson was a Republican.

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Chapter 11

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  1. Chapter 11 Lesson 2

  2. Jefferson Moves West America- The Story of Us Westward

  3. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President • Thomas Jefferson was a Republican. • He believed that government should be small and the people should have most of the control over their own lives without government restrictions. • Before he left office, he reduced the size of our government and our armed forces.

  4. Thomas Jefferson

  5. A Nation Moving West • Americans had been moving into the rich farmland west of the Appalachian Mountains since before the American Revolution.

  6. A Nation Moving West • Fights between American pioneers and American Indians were not unusual. • Daniel Boone was a pioneer who created a road through the mountains from Virginia to Kentucky called the Wilderness road. • Soon thousands of pioneers were riding their wagons along the Wilderness Road to the frontier.

  7. A Nation Moving West What do you think were some of the hardships of the early pioneers as they moved west?

  8. Time to Read • Open your social studies book to page 372. • Write the title “A Nation Moving West” in your spiral • Think about which ideas and details are important enough to include in your notes. • Write them down in an understandable organization.

  9. Louisiana Purchase • As settlers moved west, the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers became more important to our country. • These waterways were used as trade routes. • Products like pigs and wheat were sent south on the Mississippi to New Orleans and then on to Europe

  10. A Nation Moving West • The problem was that Spain had claimed the territory west of the Mississippi River and that included New Orleans. • In October 1802, Spain closed the Port of New Orleans to American trade. The pioneers’ products could not leave the port. • Why do you think Spain did this?

  11. A Nation Moving West • Spain re-opened the port again after a few months, but this event concerned President Thomas Jefferson. • Jefferson wanted to buy the port. • In 1803, France had taken control of New Orleans from Spain. • Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris to offer to buy the port for $2 million.

  12. France is Preparing for War • Napoleon is about to enter into a war with Britain. He does not want to sell New Orleans, but he needs the money for the war. • Napoleon offered to sell not only New Orleans, but the entire Louisiana Territory for $15 million.

  13. With the Louisiana Purchase, the nation doubled its size. • 828,000 square miles were added. • That works out to less than 3¢ an acre!

  14. Time to Read • Open your social studies book to page 373. • Write the title “Louisiana Purchase” in your spiral • Think about which ideas and details are important enough to include in your notes. • Write them down in an understandable organization.

  15. Lewis and Clark President Thomas Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition into the west. Lewis chose his friend, William Clark, to share the command. • Lewis and Clark had three goals: • Search for a water route to the Pacific Ocean • Establish relationships with the Native Americans they met • Study and record the plants, animals, minerals, and climate

  16. Lewis and Clark During the first winter, Lewis and Clark hired a French fur trader and his Shoshone wife, Sacagawea to be interpreters and guides. The team suffered many hardships, but were rewarded with magnificent sights of the new western territory of our country. The explorers returned in 1806.

  17. Time to Finish Reading • Open your social studies book to page 374. Read pages 374-376. • Write the title “Lewis and Clark” in your spiral • Think about which ideas and details are important enough to include in your notes. • Write them down in an understandable organization.

  18. Population Density Maps Open to textbook pages 378-9. As you read, think about these questions: • What is a distribution map? • What is a population density map? • How did the population of Virginia change from 1790 to 1830? • Which part of the Mississippi was most densely populated in 1830? • Why was this area densely populated?

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