it was in the middle of eastern and western europe, which made it a center for trading, bringing in lots of new goods and ideas
Modern day political conservatives value limited government. Many political conservatives do not see the value in a large federal government and believed that people should largely fend for themselves and that government should mainly be in the business of protecting property rights.
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~B. It helped them reconsider the role of government and the importance of individual rights.
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Gallatin believed that Manifest Destiny was nothing more than greed to control the continent. It was a false name and idea for the true purpose. O'Sullivan saw Manifest Destiny as many in the US did: Progress and the Fate of the US. We were "destined" to control everything and that one should move out of the way of progress or be run over by it.