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French Revolution / Thomas Jef
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7th Grade
02/11/2009

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Napoleon Bonaparte
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General that caused fear. He dreamed of rebuilding France's empire in North America. Send troops to Louisiana and France would replace Spain as the key European Power in western North America.
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Toussaint-Louverture
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ruled St. Domingue (present-day Haiti) carribean island of Hispaniola. Former slave.
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Louisiana Purchase
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buying the large Louisiana Territory stretching west from the Mississippi river. Size of united states doubled.
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Meriwether Lewis
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Army captain hired to a small western expedition.
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William Clark
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Co-leader of the expedition.
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Sacagawea
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American Indian (Shoshone)that guided and interperted on the lewis and clark expedition.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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expedition to explore the west
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Zebulon Pike
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young army officer sent on another mission to the west to find the red river.
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