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1、ManifestDestinyandAmericanforeignpolicyManifestDestiny,firstlydenouncedbyWhigsinthe1840s,wasregardedasthejustificationtoexpandAmerica'sgeographicalandpoliticalboundaries.AndadvocatesofManifestDestinybelievedthatexpansionwasnotonlyethicalbutthatitwasreadilyapparent("manifest")andinexora
2、ble("destiny").Thoughitfellintodisuseafterthemid-19thcentury,itwasstillinheritedanddevelopedbythelaterpresidents,whichcouldbefoundedinAmericanforeignpolicies.What’smore,theviewofManifestDestinyhasbecomeanimportantpartofAmericanpeoples’worldoutlookandvaluesnowadays.AnAmericanpoliticalex
3、pertcalledRichardBarnettonceevensaidthat"SenseofMission”andbeliefinthesuperiorityoftheirownethnicarejustastheAmericancivilreligion.[1]Firstly,theoriginsofManifestDestinyThisconvictionofadestinedgloriousfuturefortheUnitedStateshadrootsincolonialtimes.[2]TheinfluentialPuritanJohnWinthrop
4、wrote,"WeshallbeasaCityuponaHill,theeyesofallpeopleareuponus."[2]Fromthenon,manycolonialleadersadoptedtime-honoredexpansionimageryfromtheBible,andregardedtheNorthAmericaasthenewPromisedLandtojustifyconqueringnewlandsanddominatingothercultures.InordertoseparatefromBritain,theleadersclai
5、medthattheNorthAmericancolonistswerespecialindividualsselectedbyGodtoruleoveranextendedterritory,whichgreatlyhelpedtheirpeoplefightwiththetroopsofGreatBritain.Finally,theAmericanpeoplewinedandestablishedthegreatcountry.However,theleadersfoundthatthelandtheyownedwastoolittletosupportthe
6、developmentoftheircountryconstantly.Toexpandthenationaleconomy,acquiremorerawmaterialsforfledglingindustries,andsecurenewcommercialoutposts,particularlythoseoftheFarEast,theyneedtoexpandbecauseexpansionwouldensurenewmarketsforanincreasingU.S.industrialoutput.Inaword,expansionwaslinkedt
7、othesurvivalofrepublicanism.Andfortunately,thewestandthesouthofAmericawereisolatedareasatthattime,sotheycangetthecheaplandeasily.Andduringthattime,greatmigrationsandthepushtotheWestweretakenplacedinAmerica,whichhadgreatlyfacilitatedthedevelopmentofAmerica.4Iwillgiveyousomeexamplestoi
