Unfortunately these factors overlap chronologically, but this paper will aim to give dates to put expansion and the factor related to each growth in an understandable order. Ideologies supplied motivation for American expansion across the continent. One common ideology was the concept of providence. Providence is the notion that due to American Christianity and virtues, God crafted a course for the nation to become a new holy land (Weeks, 34). Furthermore, God’s approval of the American cause was the main reason for victory over the British in 1783 (Weeks, 35). Another common 18th and 19th century belief is America is the “redeemer nation” for all of humankind (Weeks, 34). Redemption in the form of a nation that had severed the chains of monarchical rule, achieved independence, and charted a course to lead the world as the
Unfortunately these factors overlap chronologically, but this paper will aim to give dates to put expansion and the factor related to each growth in an understandable order. Ideologies supplied motivation for American expansion across the continent. One common ideology was the concept of providence. Providence is the notion that due to American Christianity and virtues, God crafted a course for the nation to become a new holy land (Weeks, 34). Furthermore, God’s approval of the American cause was the main reason for victory over the British in 1783 (Weeks, 35). Another common 18th and 19th century belief is America is the “redeemer nation” for all of humankind (Weeks, 34). Redemption in the form of a nation that had severed the chains of monarchical rule, achieved independence, and charted a course to lead the world as the