The United States started with thirteen colonies,
but what people don’t know is how the state that they live in became one. Our
country was made the shape it is today because of Manifest Destiny. Not only
did Manifest Destiny give us the courage to find the land, the whole process
was the Western Expansion. Without the Western Expansion, we wouldn’t be living
where we are today. The full idea of this development was a gift that made our
country as unique as it is today.
In the
early 1800’s, the Western Expansion came to life. It explained how an area of
land became a territory, or how a territory became a state. All states started
off as being nothing. For example, Wisconsin started off as Unorganized
Territory until it moved into the Indiana Territory, and soon to the Wisconsin
Territory. It all was one big process into becoming a state. Now this whole procedure
went on for many years. It all started off in 1789 and ended when Hawaii became
a state in 1959. During this time frame, the Western Expansion wasn’t all that
was going on. The Bill of Rights was created in the year the Western Expansion
started. Also, there was the Monroe Doctrine in 1823.
The Western
Expansion was big with states forming, but the term Manifest Destiny is the belief
of them. The term Manifest Destiny was created by John O’ Sullivan in the year
of 1845. His main reason was to describe the essence of the Western Expansion.
Manifest Destiny touched many different people and religions because it was
said that God gave them this new land, almost
like a gift from Him. However, the term caused serious consequences for the
American Indians for the reason that they both wanted the same land. During
this time, another term came into place as well, Indian Removal. Most Americans
thought that the American Indians would fade as the country expanded.
Manifest
Destiny was a large part of our country, and so was the Western Expansion.
However, the Louisiana Purchase is what started it all. The Louisiana Purchase
started in 1803, and the land expanded from the territory of Louisiana. This
area was claimed by France, where the US bought it for $15 million. The whole
idea was to add more land on the west side of the Mississippi River. After the
purchase, more people started migrating from other countries to find their own
land. This was a big part of the Western Expansion due to the fact that our
country needed more land for crops and livelihood.
The
Louisiana Purchase was a great buy between France and the United States.
Although, many people were happy with this outcome, a lot of people didn’t
agree with it. One group was the American Indians that lived on the west side
of the United States. The United States created
a treaty giving another part of the country to the American Indians. This is a
downside for the Western Expansion because it caused people to lose their
homes. That is where Indian Removal came into
place.
Even though
there were some downsides to the Western Expansion, some good events came upon
it. For instance, the Western Expansion added more land to our nation so there
would be more places to live, and start lives. In addition, people needed the land to grow
crops for the food that they would eat. Without the expansion, there wouldn’t
be as many fresh fruits and vegetables that go on our tables. The whole point
of Manifest Destiny wasn’t to make people angry. It was to lift their spirits
of the good happenings that went upon the Western Expansion.
Manifest
Destiny created our country by adding more land and making as unique as it is.
This happened at the time where people needed the more space to live. The
Western Expansion added land for the benefit of citizens in our country. Even
though it caused trouble with the American Indians, everything ended up working
out in the end. Manifest Destiny gave us the space to spend our lives in,
vacation in, have fun in, and that was the whole point of this gift.
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