The combination of nationalism and evangelicalism with the hunger for more land contributed to the concept. Manifest Destiny was the belief that American settlers were predestined to reach and settle their way west to the ocean.
The purchase of Louisiana from France apex -Manifest Destiny // Gold! 1849. Gold rush in california
manifest destiny
It permitted American settlement on Indian land.
A concept
John L. O'Sullivan
The purchase of Louisiana from France apex -Manifest Destiny // Gold! 1849. Gold rush in california
manifest destiny
It permitted American settlement on Indian land.
James Polk
A concept
Basically it was a government sanctioned land grab.
"Manifest Destiny".
John L. O'Sullivan
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.
Manifest destiny was good because we bought land because people thought it was our faith hence the manifest destiny concept,though some people say well yeah US is a great country but when we had the chance we should have gotten more land...so there are different opinions on this concept
God was on the side of American expansion... "Manifest" means obvious and "Destiny" means certain. "Manifest Destiny was a phrase first coined by John L. Sullivan, an advocate writer urging the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. Meaning of "imperialism" is Empire building and or domination over foreign people. American imperialism is connected to "Manifest Destiny", through the short-lived Spanish-American War. Historians agree that being the only time the United States annexed anyones soil because territorial growth was needed.
Was the concept of Manifest Destiny.