Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

       The growth and development of a nation come with sacrifice. Many people may lose life and properties for the good of their governments. Further, independence and expansion of the country require united, strong and focused people to fight until they achieve their goals. Perhaps, American formulated strategies, such manifest destiny to achieve its expansion desire where some nations (Mexico) underwent through slavery process to get their independence.

Perhaps, during the year 1800-1848, the Lewis and clerk expedition and Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 played a significant role in Westward Expansion. According to Corbett, Janssen, Lund, Pfannestiel, Waskiewicz & Vickery (2019), Lewis and Clerk discovered the road map to connect the two nations, and also the culture so that both countries can interact with minimal cultural conflicts. Further, they also created a good relationship, for example, by participating in cultural events and gifting Mexican people medallions. Concurrently, Mexican people stood strong to advocate for free soil and free nation to fighting the slivery issue. Notably, slavery had stagnated the nation since native Americans had dominated most of the country, thereby creating an unconducive working environment for free citizens (Corbett et al., 2019).

Nevertheless, the United States (US) introduced the idea of manifest destiny to facilitate its desire to own more land, which contributed to the need for westward expansion by all means (Rensink, 2016). As claimed by Corbett et al. (2019), it was actioned first by appointing Lewis to do road map, which the US could use to access such areas through to the Pacific Ocean, as well as identify the available resources, such as minerals. Rensink (2016) claim that the US purchased several pieces of land, such as the notable case of Louisiana Purchase.

Reference

Corbett, P.S., Janssen, V., Lund, J. M., Pfannestiel, T., Waskiewicz, S., Vickery, P. (2019). U.S.

History. Retrieved from https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history

Rensink, B. W. (2016). Territories of Empire: the US Writing from the Louisiana Purchase to

Mexican Independence. Journal of American History, 103(2), 471-472.