Assignment
•The information included in Jefferson's Message to Congress (1803). Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:
• Thomas Jefferson wrote this secret message to Congress about the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1803; what does it tell us about Jefferson's views of westward expansion and Native Americans?
• What solutions does Jefferson propose to the friction between the fledgling republic and the Indian tribes of the West?
• What arguments does he use to explain the Lewis & Clark expedition?
• How did the authors of the Constitution create a balance between federal and state governments, and between large and small states?
• What compromises did the Constitution make on the institution of slavery?