Jeffersonian+Links

**LOUISIANA PURCHASE WEBSITES** **[|**Louisiana Territory*] ** - A brief history of the territory itself, from Native inhabitation to the acquisition by Jefferson in 1803, and Lewis & Clark's following expedition. [|**Louisiana Purchase Treaty**] - Primary source document of the formal agreement between the United States and the Republic of France under Napoleon Bonaparte. Click on the 'document info' tab for more information and brief analysis of the treaty. [|**Jefferson & the West**] - A good collection from the Library of Congress detailing Thomas Jefferson and various legislative ideas of his regarding our expansion into territory west of the Mississippi. A good site to learn about Jefferson's philosophy of the US and its role in the western frontier.

[|**Interactive Constitution**]  - Use this site to research the power of congress (Article I Sec. VIII) and the powers of the President (Article II Sec. II). Use these to help answer your wiki post question. **NAVY OR KNOT? WEBSITES** [|**Why a Navy?**] - Brief article covering the passage of creating a Navy in Congress [|**Barbary Pirates**] - Wikipedia article over the Barbary Pirates. Read only the material relating to the 18th & 19th centuries. .[|**All Hands on Deck!**] - The beginning of the Navy in US history, including the creation and commission of the USS Constitution. 

[|History of the American Navy]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">- A good summative article about the growth and expansion of the nation's naval forces. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Lewis & Clark Expedition Resources** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PBS "Lewis & Clark" Resources] **


 * [|National Park "Journey of Discovery"] **


 * [|Missouri Historical Society "Lewis & Clark"] **

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 * [|Lewis & Clark Trail Excerpts] **