POL326Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: One-China Policy, Coruscant, Manifest Destiny
15 Mar 2018
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Outset of american history: expansionist state. (expansion of american territory) Right of manifest destiny (cid:894)o"sulli(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:895) to o(cid:448)erspread a(cid:374)d possess the (cid:449)hole (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)e(cid:374)t. Explains why u. s. spread from 13 colonies to occupying most of north american continent. Lead to consolidation of american power within that realm (expansion ended in 1860-li(cid:374)(cid:272)ol(cid:374)"s. Territorial expansion came to end, with exception of alaska (only possible further expansion of the u. s. would have been southward) Southward expansion: pursued by southern states (slave states): to prevent end of slavery in. End of southward expansion: weakened southern states and slavery. Had to do with slavery but also, it was the result of conflict between two fundamentally different economic models. South: classical dependency: economy entirely dependent on export of raw materials (cotton, tobacco, sugar): linked to imperial center (gb), export of commodities and import of manufactured goods. Exhaustion of wood supplies: produced agricultural goods that were not in high demand in gb.
