USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Louis O’Sullivan, a popular editor and columnist, articulated the long-standing American belief in the God-given mission of the United States to lead the world in the transition to democracy. He called this America’s “manifest destiny.” This idea motivated wars of American expansion.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -O’Sullivan coined the term Manifest Destiny as he argued for an inevitable expansion of the United States across the North American continent.