MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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He knew it contained valuable ore deposits, such as gold.
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It would provide a religious refuge for persecuted groups.
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Acquiring it would complete the goal of Manifest Destiny.
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It would provide territory onto which the U.S. government could relocate Native Americans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Polk had a short list of “great measures” he intended to accomplish. Among them was the acquisition of Mexican California. Gold had not been discovered there yet, but Polk wanted California and its magnificent San Francisco Bay as the American gateway to trade with China and other Asian nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under Polk, Manifest Destiny was put into action with the annexation of the nominally independent Texas and the ceding from Mexico of parts of nine states.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the end of the war, Mexico would lose almost half its territory to the U.S., including lands from Texas to California. The war was a key event in American History as it fulfilled its ‘manifest destiny’, encompassing land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did President Polk think the Mexican government might want to sell California and New Mexico? Not many settlers were there and those that were living in those areas were neglected by the Mexican government.