Elementary history of the United States . lept for a time in a blanket on the flooramong the common criminals. He was tried and ac-quitted. But people generally believed him guilty; and,though he was one of the best orators and lawyers in thecountry, he was shunned by all. 3. West of the Rocky Mountains, on the Pa-cific, lay a Province of Mexico called California. Korthof this was an extensive tract, now forming the state ofOregon and the territory of Washington. Little or noth-ing w^as known of this region; and, during Jeffersonsterm, a party of soldiers and hunters was sent out toexplore it.
Elementary history of the United States . lept for a time in a blanket on the flooramong the common criminals. He was tried and ac-quitted. But people generally believed him guilty; and,though he was one of the best orators and lawyers in thecountry, he was shunned by all. 3. West of the Rocky Mountains, on the Pa-cific, lay a Province of Mexico called California. Korthof this was an extensive tract, now forming the state ofOregon and the territory of Washington. Little or noth-ing w^as known of this region; and, during Jeffersonsterm, a party of soldiers and hunters was sent out toexplore it. They were gone two years, and met withmany adventures. They travelled six thousand miles,and thoroughly explored the valley of the great Colum-bia River. 4. Invention of the Steamboat.—Jeffersonssecond term was distinguished by one of the greatest 1807] FULTONS STEAMBOAT. 145 inventions ever made,—that of the steamboat. Whenyou see our rivers covered with floating palaces, remem-ber that the first steamboat in the world was bnilt by. -^-^ a ^^Aio// r Robert Fulton, a Pennsylvanian, and plied on the Hud-son Eiver in 1807. It made the trip between New Yorkand Albany in thirty-six hours, and was a great improve- 7 146 JEFFERSONS ADAIINISTRATION. [1808 ment on tlie river sloops, wliicli took a week or more toperform the passage. This little boat of Fultons led theway for the splendid steamers that have since become socommon. 5. British Aggressions.—Great Britain stillseemed to feel sore at the loss of her colonies. Shewas the strongest of all countries on the ocean, andtook advantage of her power to stop American vesselsand search them. She claimed the right of seizingBritish seamen, wherever they could be found, and carry-ing them oif to serve on her own ships. And, worst ofall, she took the liberty of deciding for herself whowere British seamen, and sometimes seized Americansin stead. 6. The American vessels were often too weak toresist. This was the case with the Chesapea
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