Some people have classified the lewis and Clark Expedition and ofpared it to the odyssey the greek tragedies. Ist like the civil war sometimes seen as the american of that great battle. This expedition will be quite significant and important. Ago, the Atlantic Monthly did a survey of the top 100 most influential figures of American History. Lewis and clark make the list at 70. What i find interesting is they are the only names on the entire list where they are listed together. It is almost like they are inseparable. Did one justan five years ago on the 100 most significant americans. Clark made that list. They were also hooked together. Sacagawea also made the list. This woman was considered one of the 100 most significant americans. There is an impression across the United States that the lewis and Clark Expedition was significant. There were people that were important for our countrys history. Will discuss the expedition and three main facets. Will look at classes and historical cont
Provided the video. Today we are looking at the lewis and Clark Expedition and discussing some of the ramifications of this most important expedition. Some people have classified the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies, just like the civil war is sometimes seen , of thatas iliad great epic battle. This great voyage will be quite significant and important. A few years ago, the Atlantic Monthly did a survey of the top 100 most influential people in American History and lewis and clark make the list at 70. What i find interesting is they are the only names on the entire list listed together, so it is almost like they are inseparable. The smithsonian did one just five years ago on the 100 most significant americans, and clark oncelewis and again made the list, and sacagawea also made the list. This young teenage shoshone woman was considered one of the 100 most significant americans. There is an impression across the United States that the lewis
Actually a participating from 1903 that is depicting one such treaty conference that wept on on a frontier of the valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named William Johnson not a lot of contemporary students of history know much about. He was an irish immigrant who came to america, settled on the moha mohawk frontier in up state new york and became very friendly with mohawk indians who were his neighbors and ultimately gained a great deal of influence among them and ultimately was appointed by the British Crown to serve as its agent to the iroquois nations. Think about the reading you did for today, and this has kind of provided me with a mental image of that. It was at johnson hall which was this georgian mansion he built on the mohawk frontier that still stands today. If youre in up state new york traveling between albany and syracuse, new york, you can visit this site which tells a really interesting story about how europeans and nativeamericans came together on th
Of the customs and protocols that governed that style of diplomacy and the objectives of in a five americans and colonial peoples for those meetings. I have an image that is a painting from 1903 that is depicted a treaty. And it is not something that they know much about, but he was an irish immigrant that came to america and settled on the fron teen in the 1740s and became very friendly with the indians who were his neighbors. Ultimately he gain add great deal of influence among them and ultimately was appointed by the British Crown to serve as an agent to the iroquois neighbors. Think about the reading you did for today. This is providing you with a mental image of that. It was a mansion that still stands today. You can get off of the new york state freeway and you can visit this sight and another kwun of his homes, that are preserved as state Historic Sites and tell a really interesting story about how they came together on the frontier not to fight, but to talk about the difference
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