U.S.

History
Monday, November 20th
 Warm Up
Mindset Monday
In matters of style, swim with the current;
in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson

1. What does Jefferson mean by this quote?

2. What principles are important to you? How do
you stand for them?
 Today in History
1945 - 24 high ranking Nazis go
on trial at Nuremberg for atrocities
committed during WWII.
1947 - Princess Elizabeth marries
Philip Mountbatten
1982 - The Play -
https://youtu.be/5bhbuEDYHho
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Tripoli
Barbary pirates from North Africa were
capturing unarmed merchant ships in the
Atlantic and Mediterranean.
The crews of the captured ships were enslaved
and a ransom demanded.
Instead of paying, Jefferson sent several
warships to the area and bombed the harbor.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Tripoli
8 marines and an army of Muslim rebels
captured the city of Derna.
Lieutenant Presley OBannon became the first
soldier to plant the American flag on foreign
soil.
On the shores of Tripoli is part of the
Marine Corps hymn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufYpfqaVlnY
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Tripoli
During the battle, an American warship had
run aground and was captured by Barbary
pirates.
During the night, Stephen Decatur and his
men boarded the Philadelphia and set the ship
on fire.
They escaped with no losses.
He was promoted to captain and served
during the War of 1812
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Louisiana Purchase
1800 France and Spain secretly signed a
treaty that returned the territory to France.
The French had given the area to the Spanish
in 1762.
Americans were worried that dealing with the
French would be more difficult than the weak
Spanish.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson sent James Monroe and Robert
Livingstone (ambassador to France) with an
offer to buy New Orleans for $10 million.
The French foreign minister countered with
an offer to sell the entire territory for $15
million.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Louisiana Purchase
Problem: The Constitution didnt give the
central government authority to purchase land
that way.
Because time was essential, Jefferson
submitted the treaty to the Senate, which was
approved.
The purchase doubled the size of the United
States.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon wanted to sell to the Americans
because he knew defending the area if war
broke out would stretch the French too thin.
He felt it was better to sell to get money for
war with Britain than lose the land and end
up with nothing.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Exploring the New Lands
Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis, and William
Clark to explore the people, animals and
plants of the new lands.
The group left St. Louis on May 14, 1804 to
find the Northwest Passage.
They returned in September of 1806.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Exploring the New Lands
Meriwether Lewis Jeffersons personal
secretary, he served in the military alongside
William Clark.
When asked by Jefferson to lead the
expedition, he asked Clark to go with him.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Exploring the New Lands
William Clark brother of George Rogers
Clark from the Revolutionary War.
He was an excellent mapmaker and helped
establish the route for the journey.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Exploring the New Lands
The Corps of Discovery faced nearly every
obstacle and hardship imaginable on their
trip. They braved dangerous waters and harsh
weather and endured hunger, illness, injury
and fatigue. Along the way, Lewis kept a
detailed journal and collected samples of
plants and animals he encountered.
biography.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7vCQpqolXw
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Exploring the New Lands
Sacajawea, their Native American guide, was
married to a French fur trader.
Their son, Jean Baptiste, was given an
education by Clark in the 1820s in St. Louis.
He lived in Europe for six years after meeting
German Prince Paul.
Upon returning to the U.S., he became a guide
and scout in the west before dying in Montana
in 1866.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Exploring the New Lands
Zebulon Pike also led an expedition West
around this time and discovered the
mountain that would be named after him
Pikes Peak.
He never climbed the mountain, and it wasnt
until almost 40 years later that John C.
Frmont named the peak in his honor.
Jeffersons Triumphs Abroad
Exploring the New Lands
Pike served in the War of 1812 and helped
capture modern-day Toronto in 1813.
While he was interrogating a prisoner after
the attack, an ammunition dump exploded,
killing him and several others.
 Activity
Readers Theater: Lewis and Clark