The united states bought the louisiana territory in 1803. it doubled the size of the united states. this was land that no one had yet explored. president jefferson sent meriwether lewis and william clark to explore it. these two men brought back information about the plants, animals, and other resources of the west. the word spread quickly that lewis and clark had found land that was rich in furs. they had also found a way to get there by water, using the missouri river. lewis and clark were the first to explore much of this river. by the spring of 1806, many adventurers and trappers were going to st. louis. from this city, they could travel on the missouri river to the new lands in the west. how was lewis and clark's exploration of the missouri river important for westward expansion?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

Based on the text why did another christian church appeal to european princes?

If we can't separate our civilized self from our savage self which will take over and why