The Patriot Act is your answer if anyone needs it.
To explore the Louisiana territory.
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To establish a route across the continent.
They thought that the solar system we live in was the whole universe. So when they referred to the universe, they really meant only our solar system. Galileo did not agree that our universe is geocentric, or that everything revolves around Earth.
Yes because they wouldn't be down on back up for their team.
