by Jake Colberg In the nineteenth century the young new nation of the United States had great aspirations for its future. As a result, westward expansion was an appealing thought, and the idea of m…

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Manifest Destiny American domination

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Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, expressed the philosophy that drove 19th‑century U.S. territorial expansion. It contended that the United States was destined by God to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.

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I n 1845, the idea that the United States had a duty to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific became known as the manifest destiny. The religious fervor spawned by the Second Great...

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Original 13 Colonies – From Great Britain by Treaty of Paris – 1783 Louisiana Purchase – Bought from France – 1803 Florida Cessation – From Spain – 1819 Texas An…