Manifest Destiny (1 gen 1812 anni – 1 gen 1867 anni)

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Claim to all N American land -given by God
- Need for resources
- Gold rush in west
- Homesteading
- James Polk wanted to add Texas
Texas-:
1) owned by mex. (Catholicism and anti slavery)
2) American immigrants upset
3) Angry->fight->Battle of San Jacinto->Treaty giving tex. indipendence
->Polk wants to annex Texas, Cali and Oregon

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