MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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The belief that it was America’s god given right and duty to spread across the North American continent “from sea to shining sea”
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A time of territorial expansion
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The need for home made textiles decreased
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They supported the expansion of slavery across the nation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined-by God, its advocates believed-to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
Detailed explanation-3: -The age of Westward Expansion was about to start. By the 1840s, Americans envisioned a nation that spread “from sea to shining sea.” They felt that it was their duty to spread out across the land. The belief in young democracy was so strong that Americans wanted to spread it across the entire continent.
Detailed explanation-4: -Newspaper editor John O’Sullivan is generally credited with coining the term manifest destiny in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset; other historians believe the unsigned editorial titled “Annexation” in which it first appeared was written by journalist and annexation advocate Jane Cazneau.