Lewis and clark expedition

  Lewis and Clark expedition  

• To research the western world and find out what america was up against when they moved to the west.
• To find the source of the Mississippi river.                                   map of the  corps of discovery

Lewis and Clark route

       september 9 1804

• it was on a sunday they started to continue with their journey, they passed three sand and willow islands.
• he saw one view near the river 500 buffalos.
• clark found the land shore under high bluff.

    august 24 1804

• there was some rain and as usual they continued they passed a small river called by the indians  white stone river.
• the river was about 30 yards wide.
• the indians were suppose to kill anyone who trie to climb the hill.

   august 13 1804

• monday morning there was day light and a breeze from the south east.

lewis and clark finally found  the pacific ocean.

lewis and clark

on the boat

Letter to Family from the West

     letter to family from the west

Dear Family,
               
               It brings tears to my eyes knowing we are never going to see each other again but I think it was a good decision for me to leave home. I just arrived in California.The reason I moved to the West is because I have a better chance for a good life.The gold in California can make me rich.
              My journey was very rocky.The journey was so long that some families ran out of food.24,000 have died on this journey. I heard that George's family ate each other. They took a wrong turn thinking it was a shorter way to get to where they wanted but they were in for a treat. Five feet of snow fell on them the night their wagon broke down. They could not continue the journey with this snow so they camped and very soon they were out of food. The only way to survive was so eat each other. The wagons carried everything we all needed to start this new life.This is unbelievable but 1 in 5 women were pregnant.
                 The spirit of America has been shown in some people I heard that Smith was attacked by a glizly bear but he survived and continued with the expedition. Native American were not friendly. They kidnapped Boone's son James and tortured him to death. The beaver was traded for weapons like guns. I heard that Mexicans invited Americans to Texas but they soon out numbered the Mexicans. when I got here I was told that the population of California has gone from 15,000 to 100,000 in two years. There are more people still coming.

native Americans

                   
                                                                sincerely
          Mercy Njogu

trails

beaver

wagons

                                                              

Election day

                 Election Day

• The election day happens on the Tuesday, next to the  first Monday of October.

• The election day is considered as a holiday for some states like, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky,Montana,New Jersey,New York, Ohio, West Virginia and Massachusetts.
• The election happens on a Tuesday because the Federal law requires that the election be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.

my elected officials are: 

• Edward Markey(D)
• Elizabeth Warren(R)
• Representative Niki Tsongas represents me in congress

Sen. Edward Markey and sen. Elizabeth Warren are the senators that also rep me.

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•  Niki Tsonga's (democrat) is my house of representative

•  Eileen M. Donoghue,Thomas Holden jr and Nicolas Tsongas are my representatives in Boston.
• Elizabeth Warren ( democrat) and Ed markey (democrat) are massachusetts  senators.
• The houses of rep include 
•  Massachusetts representative is Niki Tsongas (democrat)

  

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