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what newly land was purchased when president jefferson chose meriiweather and william to find a water route to the pacific ocean

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The Louisiana Territory

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas Jefferson appointed Merriwether Lewis to organize an expidition to fina. a water route to the Pacific Coast. This was done in 1803, the same year when the Louisiana Territory was purchased.

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