The historical similarity between the concept of Manifest Destiny in the 1840s and the ideas that motivated European colonists to migrate to North America in the 1600s were based on the same ideology and philosophy. Europeans believed that they were divinely mandated to discover, occupy, and exploit North America and evangelize the continent.
Explanation:
Manifest Destiny was a concept coined and popularized by John O'Sullivan, through which President James Polk even fought the 13-years long Pig War to expand the United States territory westward, including to Oregon. Before this coinage was popularized among European colonists, it had been the standing policy of Europeans, who crossed to the continent, to occupy North America as a divine mandate. How the divine mandate was established remains questionable to date? Even, Native Americans were not spared; instead, many were driven away and many more were slaughtered in the process of this monumental land occupation.
Factors that made construction of infrastructure difficult in
the Northeast There was little help from government. In terms of geography, the terrain was rough
and jagged with lots of twists and turns.
There was also opposition from competitors who saw the new transport
systems as a threat to their business.
Martin Luthor wrote this to the Archbishop of Mainz & Magdeburg objecting the selling of indulgences he was just trying to question the nature of the church practices at the time rather than confronting the entire institution.
