Christopher Columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering America. Of course, there were already people living in America at the time who we call Native Americans. There even was a European, Leif Ericsson, who had been to the Americas before. However, it was Columbus' voyage that started the exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Answer: a. Bring back furs to trade with France.
Explanation:
Louis and Clark set out on an expedition on May 14, 1804. The goal of the expedition was to explore the northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The Americans bought the territory from the French. The expedition contained 45 people, and due to the hard journey, 33 people returned from the expedition. The expedition lasted two and a half years.
Britain still had a substantial amount of colonies and gradually decolonized overtime.
The French wanted older colonies back in their possession such as South-East Asian nations of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
