Manifest Destiny is a 19th Century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American Continents was both justified and inevitable. Several people in the 1800s and 1850s believed in Manifest Destiny. During Westward Expansion vast amounts of land was open the further west the Americans traveled no one knew where it ended. Americans had fought hard for America and were not going to give up on their country. Expanding west was no doubt America's fate. The growing population and technological innovations made it the perfect time to explore. Also, their easy victory against Mexico and the Native Americans proved it was predestination to move and acquire land from the west. However, many others may disagree with how “justice”
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The amount of lives lost, land ripped up from under whole colonies and tribes, political conflicts that arose...some would say Westward Expansion was an injustice act to commit. The Natives were in America before any other settler was. They believed it was their destiny from God to own the land they had been given by God. One question is “How could moving Westward be America’s destiny if it was already someone else’s?” When the Americans came across on Native American land, wars started to break loose. There were eight total wars between the Native Americans and American settlers. The Yamasee War (1715-1717), The French and Indian War (1754-1763), Pontiac’s War (1763-1766), Tecumseh’s War (1811-1813, The Creek War (1813-1814), The First Seminole War (1817-1818), The Black Hawk War (1832), and The Second Seminole War (1835-1842). *SQ3 Source A* By the end of all the wars between the Natives and the Settlers the Americans uprooted the Natives on the Trail of Tears because President Jackson wanted their land. *SQ3 Source B* Many would argue against Westward Expansion being Manifest Destiny because nothing …show more content…
Dating back to the wars with the Native Americans and The Mexicans and the dangers that came with. All the wars may have been chaotic, however, each war was won with an easy victory for America. The easier the victory the more people tended to believe God wanted the Americans to have the land of the West. During the Native American wars we introduced new diseases to them because of our advancement in technology and medicine we won the wars against them due to this major reason. Could it be fate or not? Once, the Mexican-American War was won by America Manifest Destiny really took off because once America acquired California gold was found which started the Gold Rush. The nation was derived from any other Nations and without the help of every tribe, group, or colony involved basing this new nation on Human Equality and God would not have been possible without these easy victories and ability to gain power through gold. *SQ1 Source B* What more evidence does it take to support the fact that as soon as California becomes part of America a new country needed to thrive than finding gold on the easily acquired land? Thousands of people rushed over to California on many modes of transportation which let the American Settlers prosper more because they had more access. *SQ1 Source E* It
The amount of lives lost, land ripped up from under whole colonies and tribes, political conflicts that arose...some would say Westward Expansion was an injustice act to commit. The Natives were in America before any other settler was. They believed it was their destiny from God to own the land they had been given by God. One question is “How could moving Westward be America’s destiny if it was already someone else’s?” When the Americans came across on Native American land, wars started to break loose. There were eight total wars between the Native Americans and American settlers. The Yamasee War (1715-1717), The French and Indian War (1754-1763), Pontiac’s War (1763-1766), Tecumseh’s War (1811-1813, The Creek War (1813-1814), The First Seminole War (1817-1818), The Black Hawk War (1832), and The Second Seminole War (1835-1842). *SQ3 Source A* By the end of all the wars between the Natives and the Settlers the Americans uprooted the Natives on the Trail of Tears because President Jackson wanted their land. *SQ3 Source B* Many would argue against Westward Expansion being Manifest Destiny because nothing …show more content…
Dating back to the wars with the Native Americans and The Mexicans and the dangers that came with. All the wars may have been chaotic, however, each war was won with an easy victory for America. The easier the victory the more people tended to believe God wanted the Americans to have the land of the West. During the Native American wars we introduced new diseases to them because of our advancement in technology and medicine we won the wars against them due to this major reason. Could it be fate or not? Once, the Mexican-American War was won by America Manifest Destiny really took off because once America acquired California gold was found which started the Gold Rush. The nation was derived from any other Nations and without the help of every tribe, group, or colony involved basing this new nation on Human Equality and God would not have been possible without these easy victories and ability to gain power through gold. *SQ1 Source B* What more evidence does it take to support the fact that as soon as California becomes part of America a new country needed to thrive than finding gold on the easily acquired land? Thousands of people rushed over to California on many modes of transportation which let the American Settlers prosper more because they had more access. *SQ1 Source E* It