USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 19th-century belief that the United States would eventually encompass all of North America is known as “continentalism", a form of tellurocracy. An early proponent of this idea, Adams became a leading figure in U.S. expansion between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Polk administration in the 1840s.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a thing (as an expression, trait, opinion) characteristic of a continent or the residents of a continent, especially the continent of Europe. : a policy favoring the restricting of relations (as political and economic) to countries of the same continent.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 19th century, continentalism was one of the three main theories of Canadian nationality, the others being pro-British Imperialism, and Canadian independence. The most extreme form of continentalism is annexationism, which advocates all or part of Canada joining the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Continentalism refers to the agreements or policies that favor the regionalization and/or cooperation between states within a continent. The term is used more often in the European and North American contexts, but the concept has been applied to other continents including Africa, Asia and South America.