The video‚ Lewis and Clark: Part 1 directed by Kevin Burns‚ tells the story of the first exploration into unknown territory. Thomas Jefferson‚ the President of the United States at the time‚ was always curious about the West. Jefferson’s books spoke of a northwest passage that linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It was believed that whoever could maintain that trade route would control the rest of the country and its future Jefferson expressed the desire to discover and understand the Missouri
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While attending Lewis & Clark College I will foster my passion for nature‚ environmental advocacy‚ and politics. Participating in things like the Environmental Living Learning Community will provide an engaging and enriching space to form long-lasting connections with people who share the same desire to promote environmental sustainability. Portland and the beautifully wooded campus at Lewis & Clark provide the type of natural environment that inspires my initiative for environmental advocacy. I
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“The Manifest Destiny: America’s Greatest Yet Most Selfish Victory” In 1776‚ America gained its independence from Great Britain. Sixty-five years later‚ imagine being a poor Southwestern farmer. You have no way to raise socially with your current overused land. You read in the newspaper of something called the Manifest Destiny‚ a strange phenomenon that could give you unlimited land. You immediately get the desire to move West. In the mid 1800s‚ many people wanted to and decided to move West during
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Espinoza 1 Jonathan Espinoza Professor Gomez California Studies 110 15 November 2014 The Journey of the Donner Party Westward expansion was popular in the 1800’s due to the idea of the “Manifest Destiny”. The Manifest Destiny was a political movement that encouraged the people living in the east to expand westward and establish settlement all throughout the lands of the west. Along with the many others who wanted to move west‚ the Donner Party too wanted to benefit from the western lands
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Lewis and Clark: 1. Lewis & Clark College is a private college with a public conscience and a global reach. We celebrate our strengths in collaborative scholarship‚ international engagement‚ environmental understanding and entrepreneurial thinking. As we evaluate applications‚ we look for students who understand what we offer and are eager to contribute to our community. In one paragraph‚ please tell us why you are interested in attending Lewis & Clark and how you will impact our campus. Lewis and
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Imperialism is‚ by definition‚ the extension of rule or influence by one government‚ nation or society over another; manifest destiny is the belief held by many Americans in the 1840s that the United States was "destined" to expand across the continent. This belief of "destined expansion" was nothing new to America’s leaders for their vision of the United States when they first established it was that of a nation that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The American people themselves had
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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 United States had a belief that American settlers were meant to stretch from coast to coast. In the 1840s‚ Manifest Destiny enhanced western settlement and provided a motivation for continued territorial expansion. It formed war with Mexico and Native American removal. The fact that the American people were historically connected to English civilization caused Manifest Destiny. This made them feel superior in America because they got power and control over the other peoples who lived there
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Joshua A. Rivas HIST-32-CO1 Justin Hampton December 7‚ 2015 “Manifest Destiny” Imagine a young boy living in Mexico in 1846. People are fighting all around him. He is scared because these strange people who speak a foreign language are trying to take his home. His father and two older brothers have gone to fight these newcomers. All he is able to do is wonder why these men have come to take what is not theirs. The reason these strange people are invading his country is because they feel that
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title of the book is The Journals of Lewis and Clark. 2.A. The authors are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ edited by Bernard DeVoto 3.A. The publisher is Houghton Mifflin Company in 1953 4.A. The book is about Lewis and Clark’s personal journals kept over the duration of their exploration of previously unexplored territory. 2. Content Analysis 2.A. In the preface‚ the editor explains the differences between his and an editor named Thwaites edits of Lewis and Clark’s original journals. He
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