jul 1, 1845 - The term 'Manifest Destiny' is first used

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In the July-August 1845 issue of the Democratic Republic, John L. O'Sullivan published an article titled Annexation, which called on the United States to admit Texas into the union as a state. O’Sullivan claimed that the United States was granted the god-given right to expand the union to the pacific ocean. This notion helped fuel the territorial expansion of the 19th century.

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