Manifest Destiny And The Westward Expansion

When you think about the Westward expansion the number one thing that normal comes to mind is Manifest Destiny which is usually what people remember when the hear about expanding west. Thomas Jefferson saw the bright future of what would happen if the US started to expand west that it would make the nation great. With the build up of becoming a great nation is having to acquire what we wanted which is how we received the land from the first step which is buying the Louisiana territory which were the building blocks for the nation when we acquired the land which would be built upon. As the years went on, after moving into the Louisiana territories the US started to take into consideration of being able to colonize the west would do to America and they decided to go along with that plan which includes certain events that took part during that time which was the Lewis and Clark exploration of the new land. As the years went on the US would once again see the opportunity to add to ever growing desire to become a world power in the forms extending from coast to coast which would soon become a reality when Texas and the Oregon territories …show more content…
From when we took those baby steps into the Louisiana Territories where the US would makes its journey on become a great nation. As time went on we would acquire land from coast to coast with the Oregon territories and also the Annexation of Texas which would soon be apart of the US which made it the whole country that it is today. With the land that would be acquired by the US we had to adapt to the new land which led into the advancements and creation of new Technology during the time period of westward expansion were all key factors that led to the build up of the US becoming a great nation which would foreshadow the success that the US would have on the