Manifest Destiny is the 19th-century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory. John L. O'Sullivan proclaimed that Manifest Destiny meant, that American settlers should possess the "whole of the continent," that God, "has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and..... self-government." The idea of Manifest Destiny came from people, it is not a historical event, it is a phenomenon, and it cannot be tied to a date, event, or even a specific time period. Manifest Destiny had existed before, but it
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