Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was a Native American-French Canadian explorer, guide, fur trapper trader, and military scout during the Mexican American War.
You can also know him as the son of a Shoshone Indian known as Sacagawea, who guided and helped Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Territory.
To adopt governments & align with the west
Most islands have a hot and humid climate, and the rainfall exceeds 2 meters per year(equivalent to Brazilian rainforest). Islands in Oceania also experience strong wind from the east.
Manifest destiny was a concept that was devoid of any consideration for the lives, land and property of the people against which it was targeted.
With time it came to acquire a most imperialistic bearing by embracing the proud and selfish reasoning that because America had been made great by its Anglo - Saxon heritage, this made America supremely fit and suited to extend its influence beyond its continental boundaries, that now it was the nation's manifest destiny to achieve this. Nowhere are the interests of other people mentioned.