Manifest Destiny

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Manifest destiny, the name given by John L. O’Sullivan to an aggressive territorial expansion, is responsible for the face of America today. O’Sullivan coined the movement, “Manifest Destiny” in 1845. The ideology originated long before the philosophy was named. Traces of the movement can be seen in Columbus’ exploration, and even in the developmental Jamestown colonies. Throughout America’s history, examples of the “Manifest Destiny” are apparent as ("Manifest destiny - the philosophy that created a nation") Americans gradually expanded settlements westward to increase their boundaries, however, during the 1830s and 1840s, Americans pushed farther across the continent. After the natural and inevitable travels of the new White Americans, the phenomenon of land expansion was then publicised and advertised in newspapers as the “Manifest Destiny”, it was the fuel for American expansion and for America to maintain its overall power and good morality as a country. The concept of the “Manifest Destiny” is pivotal to the nation and its future.
Whether driven by greed or ambition, Americans desired to expand their country from the Atlantic coast all the way out to the Pacific coast and the fact that lands in the western parts of the continent were already inhabited by and settled for centuries by Native American Indian tribes, as well as Spanish-speaking Hispanics, was ignored in American’s plans to expand. Nevertheless, through the “Manifest Destiny”, white settlers found numerous Native American tribal settlements that had long been before established but unknown to most Americans. The regions of the Great Plains, the Great Basin, and many others in the West were home to nearly 325,000 Indians (George and David), and Mexicans inhabit...

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Compare and contrast America’s “Manifest Destiny” of the mid-19th century with its “Imperialism” of the late 19th century.