Manifest+ql

=Manifest Destiny= Early settlers believed that the Europeans were destined by God to rule the New World. While the native peoples were dying of small pox and other new diseases, Europeans saw this as God clearing the land for them, rather than the correct assumption that the indigenous population had not built an immunity to their diseases. In the newly formed United States, Americans felt they had God's blessing to rule from sea to shining sea. In fact It did not matter that Mexico, who recently earned their independence from Spain, stood in their way. When President James K. Polk declared war on Mexico, it became apparent
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