MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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War with Mexico
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The expansion of slavery
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America’s territorial expansion
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Texas independence from Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The philosophy describing the necessary expansion of the nation westward was called Manifest Destiny; the belief that it was our duty to settle the continent, conquer and prosper.
Detailed explanation-3: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America. The ideology of Manifest Destiny inspired a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native population.
Detailed explanation-4: -Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was the United State’s destiny to expand and settle the West. This expansion came years after declaring independence from Great Britain and the 13 colonies became the original United States in 1783.