HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Manifest Destiny, Messiah Complex, Eth
Document Summary
His271y- territorial expansion and the origins of eth civil war. U. s believes that its america"s destiny to expand. This mindset has been there all along. Westward the course of empire makes its way exists since 1752. 1819- u. s and spain sign a treaty call the transcontinental treaty. The partial fulfillment of god"s divine plan of american expansion. From 1790s- 1830s ppl r moving and settling regardless. This territory is not empty territory- natives r living there. Jackson doesn"t believe that they will leave so he conducts a forced march. The phrase is not coined until 1845- words of john o" sullivan. Manifest destiny has its own core ideas- 3 part to this ideology: 1- the right to continental expansion and beyond, 2- the messiah complex: belief that it was smiled upon by god. God himself wanted the u. s to expand- the one true way- the kingdom of god is eminent in.
