Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny was a term used in the 1840s to justify the United States' westward expansion into such areas as Texas, Utah, Oregon and California. There was a widely held underlying belief that Americans, the chosen people, had a divinely inspired mission to spread the fruits of their democracy to the less fortunate (usually meaning Native Americans and other non-Europeans).The idea of an almost religious manifest destiny was a common staple in the speeches …

…the right to have that area now. In other words, since the western part of the US was explored by the US back then it therefore belongs to the US rightfully now. If the West had not been explored during the Age of exploration then it is possible that the Western Half of the US could belong to some other country today. Manifest destiny has played a great role in the historical development of America.