Native America, discovered and conquered ::Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny /
"The American effort began with Thomas Jefferson's authorization of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which set out in 1803 to lay claim to the West. Lewis and Clark had several charges, among them the discovery of a Northwest Passage - a land route across the continent - in order to estab...
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ftunicalfberklaw:oai:lawcat.berkeley.edu:439795 2024-05-19T07:46:15+00:00 Native America, discovered and conquered ::Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny / Miller, Robert J. Furse, Elizabeth 2006-10-27T07:00:00Z http://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/439795 unknown http://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/439795 http://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/439795 Text 2006 ftunicalfberklaw 2024-05-01T00:58:24Z "The American effort began with Thomas Jefferson's authorization of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which set out in 1803 to lay claim to the West. Lewis and Clark had several charges, among them the discovery of a Northwest Passage - a land route across the continent - in order to establish an American fur trade with China. In addition, the Corps of Northwestern Discovery, as the expedition was called, cataloged new plant and annual life, and performed detailed ethnographic research on the Indians they encountered. Native America, Discovered and Conquered lays out in fascinating detail how their explorations, combined with the Doctrine of Discovery and Jefferson's strategies, became the legal basis for America's ownership of the Pacific Northwest, the removal of Indian people, and the adoption of the Doctrine of Discovery into American law."--Jacket. Text Northwest passage Berkeley Law (University of California, Berkeley) |
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"The American effort began with Thomas Jefferson's authorization of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which set out in 1803 to lay claim to the West. Lewis and Clark had several charges, among them the discovery of a Northwest Passage - a land route across the continent - in order to establish an American fur trade with China. In addition, the Corps of Northwestern Discovery, as the expedition was called, cataloged new plant and annual life, and performed detailed ethnographic research on the Indians they encountered. Native America, Discovered and Conquered lays out in fascinating detail how their explorations, combined with the Doctrine of Discovery and Jefferson's strategies, became the legal basis for America's ownership of the Pacific Northwest, the removal of Indian people, and the adoption of the Doctrine of Discovery into American law."--Jacket. |
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