alternating ridgelines and valleys[->0] oriented in opposition to any road running east-west” (Wikipedia‚ 2013). This cross-mountain trek was imperative in order for early settlers to migrate westward and thus expand the United States. As a consequence of the serve conditions‚ the Appalachian Mountains kept westward expansion from occurring at a faster pace and is actually one of the reasons why colonies developed more rapidly in the east while the west came to be seen as a hostile territory by most colonists
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David Gonzalez 04/15/14 Manifest Destiny During the mid-nineteenth century‚ Americans believed they had the divine right to expand westward the boundaries of the United States‚ through the Appalachians all the way to the Pacific Ocean. In time‚ the United States would gain the territories of the French‚ Spanish‚ and Russians‚ as well as other islands from around the globe‚ and take the shape we now know. Independence had been won in the Revolutionary War‚ and the period was one most patriotic
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such as slavery compromise‚ pursuit of ideal government‚ and also the western expansion. It will make members of the society to be curious why the territorial expansion influenced to the sections between the North and the South‚ but‚ actually‚ the westward expansion played a critical role that augmented sectional tension between North and South during 1800 to 1850. The life style of North and South differed from the beginning when the Europeans arrived at new land of America. Initially‚ they had different
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the American dream at that time. Gold and silver was the metals that every single person was looking for in the westward expansion‚ immigrants and citizens were willing to kill to get their hands on any gold or silver mine. The killing‚ weirdly enough‚ was mostly was the removal of Indians. The India wars: War was inedible situation at the time being. Settlers that wanted to move westward to settle in the land of the natives‚ and the only ways for this to happen was to remove them and make reservation
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nation‚ let alone think like one. However‚ during and after the fight for independence I feel it would be hard not to think of the land and possibilities lying in the west and wanting to go after it. In general‚ manifest destiny is the idea that westward expansion of America to the Pacific was a clear purpose that the nation was destined to fulfill. The term “manifest destiny” was first used in and article published in a journal called The Democratic Review in 1845. This idea gave Americans a hunger
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No nation ever existed without some sense of national destiny or purpose. The people of the United States believed it was their mission to expand across North America. Expansion was inevitable because it would progress liberty and economic opportunity‚ expansion could have been stopped if Polk made different decisions‚ and the United States would be without certain states if the Mexican War hadn’t occurred. If the Mexican War had not occurred‚ many things would be different. For example‚ 525‚000
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was their God-given right to expand from one United States coast‚ to the other. However‚ this belief caused suffering for many cultures and species of animals. The glorious “American dream” is arguably the number one cause of settlers expanding westward. As immigrants began flooding the streets of America‚ the ability to house and feed the mass population became problematic. Jobs were becoming heavily occupied‚ and new opportunities arose with the word of heaps of Californian gold. In order to assemble
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Dan Leise The Civil War was a defining event in American history that can be understood by examining the controversies that the role of slavery and its westward expansion had between the North and the South. The Antebellum years from 1845-1861 were the most chaotic because of significant economic and political struggles‚ the most divisive being the debate over slavery. The expansion of slavery into newly claimed western territories intensified the fragile political situation and increased the sectional
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GKE Task 2 Nelson Mandela was a visionary freedom fighter who brought about the end of an apartheid society and solidified the democratic elections of presidents by majority rule to South Africa. Born in 1918‚ Mandela’s early introduction to leadership in the Thembu tribe molded his democratic beliefs ("Nelson Mandela‚" 2009). His youth found him exposed to Western culture which ultimately led him to abandon the Thembu culture and relocate to Johannesburg ("Nelson Mandela‚" 2009). It was during
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on Western Settlers As the country grew and expanded‚ the American people where always one to push their bounds. In 1763‚ we proudly‚ defied England’s proclamation of the year‚ and settled west of the Appalachian mountains. A little later‚ the westward people pushed Indians‚ animals‚ and society to a place where no American person had gone before. But all the while‚ one important factor determined where they transported themselves‚ where they settled‚ and what they did when they got there. This
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