Annexation By John O'sullivan Summary
John O’Sullivan wrote the article “Annexation” in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. This article was based in Washington, D.C. in 1845 during the 19th century of American Expansion. The document was primarily focused on whether or not the United States should annex the Republic of Texas (Sullivan, 1).
At the beginning of the text Sullivan starts off saying that Texas is ours. She [Texas] is no longer a mere country on the map, but rather a part of the Union itself (Sullivan, 1). Sullivan uses the manifest destiny to promote his argument that the United States should annex Texas and the Oregon Country. Manifest destiny is the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents
At the beginning of the text Sullivan starts off saying that Texas is ours. She [Texas] is no longer a mere country on the map, but rather a part of the Union itself (Sullivan, 1). Sullivan uses the manifest destiny to promote his argument that the United States should annex Texas and the Oregon Country. Manifest destiny is the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents