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Manifest Destiny: The Negative Event In The History Of America

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What if hypocritical, selfish Americans took your rights, along with your land? Albert Gallatin, an American Senator from 1845, is a primary source that talks about the account of Manifest destiny (the belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable,) as a negative. Indian Chief John Ross was stripped of his freedom as well as his land. Alexander Hamilton, one of the United State’s own founding fathers, bashed Thomas Jefferson on his decision, mentioning quote, “lucky coincidences and unexpected circumstances and not the result of any wise or thoughtful actions on the part of Jefferson’s administration.” Manifest destiny was an extremely negative event in the history of the United States. Alexander Hamilton, one of the United State’s own founding fathers approached Manifest Destiny negatively, in an article in the newspaper,“New York Evening Post” titled: “Purchase of Louisiana” in July 1803. He states that the third president, Thomas Jefferson equipped this land by, “lucky coincidences and unexpected circumstances,” and claims that, “We can honestly say that this purchase …show more content…

The ignorance of Andrew Jackson stating all Indians should be away from the whites, along with mentioning their “Savage habits” prove my thesis, and the accurate words from wise men including Albert Gallatin, an American Senator from 1845 writing a letter justifying Manifest Destiny and talking about how a man is not born governed, Indian Chief John Ross who was stripped of his freedom as well as his land and speaks on it first hand, and Alexander Hamilton, one of the United State’s own founding fathers absoluting bashing Thomas Jefferson on his luck and coincidence! While the United States now has all of this land, it is hard to forget what horrible things Manifest Destiny did to

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