Manifest Destiny.
Manifest Destiny was the idea that Americans had the right to all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Support westward expansion to the Pacific.
it specified the special role that many Americans thought their nation should fulfill.
It permitted American settlement on Indian land.
Manifest Destiny was the idea that Americans had the right to all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
The term Manifest Destiny was first used to support westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest Destiny was a popular concept in 19th century America.
Asia and the Pacific
They thought it was a God given right to extend from Atlantic to the pacific so they thought it was meant for them to occupy the land from east to west.
They thought it was a God given right to extend from Atlantic to the pacific so they thought it was meant for them to occupy the land from east to west.
They thought it was a God given right to extend from Atlantic to the pacific so they thought it was meant for them to occupy the land from east to west.
The belief that the right to all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific belonged to Americans is called manifest destiny. Manifest destiny was not a specific policy, but a general notion.