USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1845, newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term “Manifest Destiny” to describe the ideology of continental expansionism. Though the term was new, the ideas underlying it were much older, dating back to the first colonial contact between Europeans and Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -A significant push toward the west coast of North America began in the 1810s. It was intensified by the belief in manifest destiny, federally issued Indian removal acts, and economic promise. Pioneers traveled to Oregon and California using a network of trails leading west.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Louis O’Sullivan: (1813-1895) American editor who coined the phrase “Manifest Destiny” in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the acquisition of the Oregon territory.

Detailed explanation-4: -Newspaper editor John O’Sullivan coined the term “manifest destiny” in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset. A symbol of Manifest Destiny, the figure “Columbia” moves across the land in advance of settlers, replacing darkness with light and ignorance with civilization.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.