The term "Manifest Destiny" was coined in 1845 by magazine editor John L. O'Sullivan, who wrote about the annexing of Texas and the supposed inevitability of American expansion.

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Other nations, of course, have also pursued their own versions of manifest destiny, usually with less appeal to divine providence. The great empires of Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries and ...

One author notes, “Manifest Destiny touched the issues of religion, money, race, patriotism and morality. These clashed in the 1840s as a truly great drama of regional conflict.” ...