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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contents. 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-3: -In 1845, O’Sullivan rallied support for the annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States. He claimed that it was Americans’ “manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. The term “manifest destiny” was first used by journalist John O’Sullivan in the New York Democratic Review in 1845. O’Sullivan wrote in favor of the U.S. annexing Texas, a region that the U.S. recognized as independent of any other nation. (Mexico maintained that the region was Mexican territory.)

Detailed explanation-5: -John O’Sullivan, an editor of a well-known newspaper, wrote about our expansion and was credited with coining the term “manifest destiny”. Manifest Destiny was the idea that Americans believed it was their destiny to expand across North America all the way to the Pacific Ocean.