Thomas Jefferson paid the French $15 billion for the Louisiana Territory. This helped expand the US lands.
Louisiana Purchase
Brilliant!
Lewis and Clark explore Kansas. They think that it is beautiful.
Lewis and Clark
Just magnificent and beautiful!
Zebulon PikeZebulon Pike explores Kansas and says that it is so dry that you cannot grow a garden. This lead to a big argument on if Kansas is lushious or dry.
Ugh, its so.....DRY!
It's like a "Great Big Desert"!
Stephen H. Long Stephen H. Long explores Kansas to settle the argument. He also sees it as a desert and say it is a great big desert.
Andrew Jackson's speech Andrew Jackson made a speech talking about the new territory. He made rude remarks about the people living in the area. This lead to the native americans to be pushed out of their land with no choice and into the supposed dry lands.