... Second Lieutenant William Clark to explore the land, in what he had just purchased, and to find a faster route to the Pacific for commerce. The Lewis and Clark expedition, along with the help of Sacajawea and her husband Toussaint Charbonneau, explored much of this Louisiana territory. This expedition also went into the Pacific Northwest territory, to which Britain had laid a claim to. After the Louisiana Purchase, places that were touching ... occupied areas of the United States were most appealing to the land hungry citizens and politicians ... ...

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... to order him to do so because according to the Constitution, the Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction over cases regarding writs of mandamus. The Judiciary Act of 1789 which granted the court original jurisdiction over these matters was declared unconstitutional, thereby establishing the principle of judicial review. 1804-1805 Lewis and Clark expedition After the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France, Jefferson sent his personal secretary ... , Meriwether Lewis, along with William Clark to scout the new land. Their assignment was to trace the Missouri River to i...

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