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1、ManifestDestinyandAmericanforeignpolicyManifestDestiny,firstlydenouncedbyWhigsinthe1840s,wasregardedasthejustificationtoexpandAmerica'sgeographicalandpoliticalboundaries.AndadvocatesofManifestDestinybelievedthatexpansionwasnotonlyethicalbutthatitwasreadilyapparent("manifest")andinexor
2、able("destiny").Thoughitfellintodisuseafterthemid-19thcentury,itwasstillinheritedanddevelopedbythelaterpresidents,whichcouldbefoundedinAmericanforeignpolicies.What’smore,theviewofManifestDestinyhasbecomeanimportantpartofAmericanpeoples’worldoutlookandvaluesnowadays.AnAmericanpolitical
3、expertcalledRichardBarnettonceevensaidthat"SenseofMission”andbeliefinthesuperiorityoftheirownethnicarejustastheAmericancivilreligion.[1]Firstly,theoriginsofManifestDestinyThisconvictionofadestinedgloriousfuturefortheUnitedStateshadrootsincolonialtimes.[2]TheinfluentialPuritanJohnWinth
4、ropwrote,"WeshallbeasaCityuponaHill,theeyesofallpeopleareuponus."[2]Fromthenon,manycolonialleadersadoptedtime-honoredexpansionimageryfromtheBible,andregardedtheNorthAmericaasthenewPromisedLandtojustifyconqueringnewlandsanddominatingothercultures.InordertoseparatefromBritain,theleaders
5、claimedthattheNorthAmericancolonistswerespecialindividualsselectedbyGodtoruleoveranextendedterritory,whichgreatlyhelpedtheirpeoplefightwiththetroopsofGreatBritain.Finally,theAmericanpeoplewinedandestablishedthegreatcountry.However,theleadersfoundthatthelandtheyownedwastoolittletosuppo
6、rtthedevelopmentoftheircountryconstantly.Toexpandthenationaleconomy,acquiremorerawmaterialsforfledglingindustries,andsecurenewcommercialoutposts,particularlythoseoftheFarEast,theyneedtoexpandbecauseexpansionwouldensurenewmarketsforanincreasingU.S.industrialoutput.Inaword,expansionwasl
7、inkedtothesurvivalofrepublicanism.Andfortunately,thewestandthesouthofAmericawereisolatedareasatthattime,sotheycangetthecheaplandeasily.Andduringthattime,greatmigrationsandthepushtotheWestweretakenplacedinAmerica,whichhadgreatlyfacilitatedthedevelopmentofAmerica.4Iwillgiveyousomeexampl
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