The U.S. expanded from just the 13 original colonies to help profit America’s economy by gaining more land with different types and more resources through numerous amounts of purchases. A lot of agriculture in the world today comes from the mid-west of the United State. Before the Spanish-American war, the U.S. had gained the whole continent. In 1803 America purchased the Louisiana territory from France, this purchased

Before and after the Spanish-American war the U.S. was able to gain land through negotiations and because of the negotiations and the land they gained, many American citizen felt that it was Manifest Destiny and the will of God coming true. After the Revolutionary War the U.S. gained the addition of 1783 as a result of the Treaty of Paris. Many Americans felt like this land belonged to the U.S. and not the Indians and that we were suppose to help the Indians become better civilized people. When Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836, the U.S. became partners with them and eventually in 1845 the U.S. annexed Texas because they felt that, that land belonged to them and that it was our duty to help them become one of us. In Theodore Roosevelt’s Annual Message to Congress on December 6, 1904, Roosevelt made a statement about the expansion that the U.S. was involved in and said that America isn’t empire hungry, we are just worried about the poor countries around up and we want to make sure that they are able to survive and prosper with America’s help. (doc F) From this statement there is a feel of Manifest Destiny and that it is America’s job to help other become more like us. After the Spanish-American War many people in the U.S. still felt like it was out duty to help out other countries and territories. Because of many people wanted to spread Christianity as democracy to other people and countries the U.S. felt and need to try and get to ask many countries as they could. In the 1901 Supreme Court case Downes v. Bidwell the court ruled that the land that was already inhabited could not be annexed because of problems that may occur from that annexation, but if there is land that is just territory and only inhabited by one race, it is okay for America to step in and help them, and only then will the court consider annexing that territory.(Doc H) This case just doesn’t show the American’s belief in Manifest Destiny, it also

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