Manifest Destiny was a 19th-century belief in the United States that Americans were destined by divine providence to expand their territory across the North American continent. The term was coined ...

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Manifest destiny, the idea that the United States is exceptional among world nations and destined by God to expand its territory across North America, drove U.S. growth through the 19th century.