Answer: While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, ... slaves belonging to Patriot masters and, consequently, more blacks fought for the Crown . ... that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining His Majesty's Troops, as ... more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than with the Loyalists.
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In 1845, during the heated debate about the annexation of the Republic of Texas to the U.S. and the imminent war against Mexico, newspaper writer coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny" in order to imply that the U.S. was entitled by God to expand and spread the blessings of U.S. democracy and principles of freedom.
