What happened after manifest destiny was fulfilled?

Answer 1

America gained a lot of power and alot of land, and they felt like god has answered their prayers. It also gained freedom to the American citizens and America population grew crazy

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The above answer is based on the idea that a phrase coined by a journalist in 1845. It was not the reason that the United States, after the Mexican War or the previous purchase of the "Louisiana territory" from Napoleon, settled lands just north of Mexico and south of Canada.

The Canadians and British had extended that territory from coast to coast as well. There was no particular "philosophy" behind their expansion. Native American Tribes in Canada are on reservations.

Australia, the former prison colony, now runs "coast to coast". The Aborigine tribes people are a non factor in Australia.

The territory in what is the American southwest, along with California, was once part of the Spanish "New World" empire. It fell into Mexican hands when Spain, for all practical purposes bowed out of The Western Hemisphere. The Native Tribes that were part of Mexico's inheritance, had no claim any different than the USA's claim.

Expanding westward was no different than settling on Native American territory on the East coast. There was no "manifest destiny" claimed by the British Crown for owning the Eastern seaboard. The US Government became the owners of the lands west of the Mississippi, and they were "giving" it away. By doing so, the railroads had great "leasing deals" and people wanting to stake out a new life were encouraged by free grants of land from the US Government.

Taking a wider and deeper look back into history of "migrations", occurred because a stronger force moved against a weaker one.

Closer to home, the Inca Empire expanded at the cost of subjugating "lesser" tribes.

Bringing the discussion back to the 19th century, what would be expected of "American" settlers with a British heritage from not wanting to extend their sphere of influence to the next piece of land "next door". Especially when the only interference was a noble but Tribal American group of peoples divided up among separate peoples without the true means of defending the land that they were raised on?

Until the Spanish - American War, did any European power take any serious notice of the USA in world affairs? The Europeans had been colonizing the world since the beginning of the 16th century. Their wealth and power far surpassed the United States. While France, England, Russia, Portugal and even Japan were exploiting China, were they ever concerned with the USA?

So, when California had been settled and was a US State, did the average American believe that a higher power was responsible for American expansion? The earlier contributor claims the Americans "went crazy"....

And that Americans gained more freedom... this was not the case as previously, the well intended contributor makes a case for......

Except on paper, and in the minds of a few intellectuals, God had no hand in the expansion of the USA, that made it a coast to coast nation as Canada was. No excuses or slogans sparked the USA expansion. The expansion was the result of a people seeing "free land" that was available, and they marched westward.