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Why did Thomas Jefferson financed the expeditions of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike?

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The main reason why Thomas Jefferson financed the expeditions of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike is because the US government needed an accurate survey of the new land that they wanted to use for settlement. 
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