John L. O Sullivan's Manifest Destiny Of 1839

Man has always had a special bond with the land. This bond has evolved over time and varies among particular societies. For example, we know that land meant a lot to early settlers and was crucial to the development of America. The articles illustrate that man has an economic & political relationship with the land, that shows how valuable it was and how imperative it was to their ad. The land was seen as a necessary gain for America and its people to grow economically, In John L. O’Sullivan’s work entitled, “Manifest Destiny” of 1839 we read how many Americans’ viewed the land and why expanding for more land meant so much to them. During this time period land meant a lot of things. It was symbolic to power, the more land a country had then