Manifest Destiny: Westward Expansion (Milestones in American History)

Mountjoy, Shane

ISBN 10: 1604130555 ISBN 13: 9781604130553

Verlag: Chelsea House Publishers, 2009

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As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand their territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. 'Manifest destiny', a phrase first used in 1839 by journalist John O'Sullivan, embodied the belief that God had given the United States a mission to spread a republican democracy across the continent. Advocates of manifest destiny were determined to carry out their mission and instigated several wars, including the war with Mexico to win much of what is now the southwestern United States. In ""Manifest Destiny"", learn how this philosophy to spread out across the land shaped our nation.

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Shane Mountjoy lives in York, Nebraska, where he is associate professor of history at York College. He holds an A.A. from York College, a B.A. from Lubbock Christian University, an M.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Mountjoy has written and edited more than 10 books, including Philadelphia and St. Augustine in the Chelsea House series Colonial Settlements in America.

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• Verlag: Chelsea House Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1604130555
• ISBN 13: 9781604130553
• Einband: Encuadernación de biblioteca
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128