1. DBQ Imperialist Expansionism
Significantly, until the American "invasion" of what was to become the western portion of the United States, those lands were only sparsely populated by Native Americans. ... This would, in turn, lead to the question of granting such people United States citizenship, which many Americans were reluctant to do, out of xenophobia and racism (Doc H). ... The Declaration states that governments "derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." If the United Stated were to take colonies against the will of the inhabitants, they would be in violation of their own precept, which, though not...
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