"Britain<span> also needed money to pay for its war debts. ... They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the </span>colonists<span> to help pay for the French and Indian War. These taxes included the Stamp Act, passed in 1765, which required the use of special paper bearing an embossed tax stamp for all legal documents."</span>
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark
Expedition. It was the first American expedition to cross the western portions
of the US. They made their way westward through the continental divide of the
Pacific Coast with the primary objective of exploring and mapping the newly
acquired territory of US, tactical advances from British and other European
powers, and finding a route across the Western half of the continent. The
journey lasted from 1804 to 1806.
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Part of the expedition was leaning towards scientific and
economic discoveries. The three things discovered by Lewis and Clark were
plants, animal life, and different Native American tribes.<span> The
mission was a success and was duly recorded and was sent back to President
Jefferson.</span></span>
This might help but the puritans wanted to break away from england and they were not allowed to have any say in anything and were being controlled
In the late 1800s, Britain, France, Germany, and other European powers began to compete for African territories because of their wealth,easy access to the slave trade and the millions of people they could govern. (many considered Africans as inferior to Europeans) Within about 20 years, the Europeans had carved up the continent and dominated millions of Africans living on the lands.<span>Although many resisted, sadly, Africans could not prevent European conquest of their territories.</span>
