An Interesting look into John Jacob Astor and the American Fur Trade Upon winning the Revolutionary War Americans were filled with a compulsion to manifest their destiny. They were Gods chosen people after all. What could possibly come in the way of them achieving what was their God given right‚ their destiny? The fur trade draws its roots from early exploration in America. The fur trade was an entirely simple concept that relied on pillaging mother nature ’s resources to turn the
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time‚ segregation still continued to occur throughout the United States. The actions of the Lemon Grove community benefited their community and the ordeal reached national prominence‚ but it was not enough to get rid of segregation throughout the country. Although it is more subtle‚ segregation based on ethnicity still survives‚ proof that the Lemon Grove Incident was only momentarily successful. El Plan de Aztlan served to create unity among Mexicans. It encouraged Mexicans to organize themselves
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Many developing countries are currently expanding their tourist industries Why is this the case? Is it a positive development? Nowadays‚ more and more countries are become hospitable to their visitors or aliens. Some places that were totally forbidden once upon a time‚ have become accessible to visitors. Those countries‚ particular some developing countries‚ feel obliged to invest more money in order to extend their tourist industries. But whether such expansion be positive or not is still
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Manifest Destiny is a word that entered American’s vocabulary in 1845‚ which means the westward expansion of the United States. This word was first discussed in an editorial published in an issue of the Democratic Review “Manifest Destiny.”. The democrats played a major role in the westward expansion as they believed it was their right to do so. Manifest Destiny would lead to groups losing some of their cultural customs and some being viewed as inferior. When expansion started westward‚ advocates
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Stealing hopes and dreams while crushing spirits and souls based on where they camped from was commonly practiced during the time of expansion. Supposedly Manifest Destiny was America’s God given right to expand their territory‚ religion and ideas to the West. The small crowded states needed to branch out into their newly acquired territory purchased in the Louisiana Purchase to get new resources and use the land they owned. They needed all of the land they could get which included Indian land. The
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the statement. It involves people of a country travelling to another country for leisure‚ business or recreational purposes. Tourism is used as a vehicle for international understanding by bringing people with different backgrounds together. The interaction of diverse people with different cultures goes a long way in increasing friendship. “Tourism can greatly enrich and promote friendship and goodwill” (Bhatia‚ 2001‚ p.461). People from different countries who practices different cultures and speak
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Throughout the history of America‚ the country has obtained a tremendous amount of land. One of the biggest excuses for expansion was the idea of ‘manifest destiny’. In the 1840’s‚ this popular idea was used as the reason for America’s westward expansion. ‘Manifest destiny’ is a term coined by Americans in order to reinstate the idea that they were destined‚ by God Himself‚ to spread their beliefs. Therefore‚ Euro-Americans pillaged the Native American’s land‚ believing it was what their God wanted
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"The American claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and possess the whole of the continent " John L. O’ Sullivan At the time of the mid- 1800’s most Americans thought that it was destiny for the United States to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. There were many reasons why people wanted to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A few reasons were free farmland was offered to people out west. As well as the growing population along the Atlantic‚ gold‚ and other
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smaller competing railroad companies and making them more efficient‚ the expansion of the railroad West left a stain on the name. The railroad expansion was the epitome of robber baron behavior. Lands seized by processes still in effect in this country (eminent domain)‚ desperate workers‚ white‚ black‚ and Asian‚ working 14 hour days for next to nothing‚ sub-standard living arrangements‚ with little to no regard for the welfare of the workers plagued the rail expansion and the reputation of those
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John L. O’Sullivan is given credit to creating the concept as well as the term "Manifest Destiny". O’Sullivan was the editor of the nationalist magazine‚ Democratic Review‚ which gave him the opportunity to introduce the idea of Manifest Destiny‚ and all it entails‚ to Americans. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines Manifest Destiny’ as a future event accepted as inevitable. According to O’Sullivan Manifest Destiny was inevitable‚ and as history shows‚ he was correct. In 1839‚ John L. O’Sullivan
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