expansion. O’Sullivan backed Democratic President James Polk’s desire to annex Texas, Oregon, and California. In his support he wrote many articles and coined the term “Manifest Destiny” to describe America’s inevitable future occupying the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. John O'Sullivan, "Annexation," United States Magazine and Democratic Review 17, no.1 (July-August 1845): 5-10 Texas is now ours. Already, before these words are written, her Convention has undoubtedly…
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