“In the Name of Common Sense, Had Not Gentlemen Got Enough?” The Moral and Constitutional Objections to Manifest Destiny, 1803-1848
In the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States extended its territory westward from the original border along the Mississippi River until it possessed all the territory north of the Rio Grande and south of 49° N, all the way to the Pacific Ocean. The majority of Americans approved of...
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http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/977216/1/Olsson_MA_S2013%2D1.pdfOlsson, Mark <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Olsson=3AMark=3A=3A.html> (2013) “In the Name of Common Sense, Had Not Gentlemen Got Enough?” The Moral and Constitutional Objections to Manifest Destiny, 1803-1848. Masters thesis, Concordia University.