The 19th-century divine real-estate scheme that let Americans claim God personally wanted them to take an entire continent from its original owners.
The 19th-century divine real-estate scheme that let Americans claim God personally wanted them to take an entire continent from its original owners.
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The convenient belief that heaven had ordered white Americans to expand coast to coast, preferably by any means necessary including broken treaties and forced marches.
The founding myth that America was destined to stretch from sea to sea, conveniently discovered at the exact moment it was most convenient to steal it.
The polite euphemism for Manifest Greed, wrapped in religious language so it sounded noble instead of naked conquest.
The idea that America’s borders were ordained by God right up until the point where expanding them stopped being easy or profitable.
The philosophical cover story that made genocide, displacement, and broken promises sound like a holy mission from above.