John Gast's Manifest Destiny

Similar material painted around this time in 1817 was John Trumbull's oil canvas “Declaration of Independence,” located in the United States Capitol Rotunda. ii Gilbert Stuart was a renowned artist who was known for capturing the inner character, which he believed was reflected in their physical features. He believed Washington features indicated a man with great passion.i The George Washington portrait brought Gilbert Stuart fame. This period in time a person like George Washington would give the artist more sitters.iii In addition, reproducing this portrait gave Stuart more money, either painting it with his own two hands or having

Does one ever wonder how American sculptures connect to the past? A man named Cyrus Dallin created a sculpture of Massasoit, called The Signal of Peace, to celebrate the founding of the colonies. The sculpture, located in Lincoln Park, directly ties into William Bradford’s description, From the History of Plymouth Plantation, because it is near the location where the Mayflower dropped its anchor. There are many stories told about the interactions between the Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag tribe. Many peoples’ point of view can be conveyed and contrasted in ways such as a narrative or a sculpture. From these different perspectives, one can see the similarities and differences presented in the depiction of the sculpture and Bradford’s account in regards to the great leader Massasoit.

The term “Manifest Destiny” was, in part, an expression of a genuine ideal on the part of Americans. Yet it was also a justification to a push and to assume territory. The idea of Manifest Destiny was sparked by revolutionary American writings that encouraged appropriation of Canada. These writings rationalized that the Louisiana Purchase and the Untied States’ annexation of Texas ordained American complete domination of the North American continent. More broadly stated, Manifest destiny was a conviction that God intended North America to be under the control Americans. It’s an assertion of Anglo-Saxon supremacy.

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny change the American landscape by the 1860’s? There comes a moment in our lives where we are faced with a choice. A choice to either wait for greatness to happen, or believe in ourselves and drive forward. The United States, a great and proud country was given the opportunity to expand their great country and prosper. The Manifest Destiny, was the idea of the movement of the American people to the west in search of more land and opportunities.

Manifest Destiny is responsible for the west part of the US. Although it is also responsible for destroying Native Americans’ way of life. The United States tried to suffocate Native Americans culture, many chiefs tried to defend their culture, and in the end they were just pushed out of their homes once again at the hands of America. They fought long and hard for the life America stole away from

The painting above is from the era of Manifest Destiny in the United States in the 19th century. Manifest Destiny is the belief that it was God 's will for America to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Americans believed that not only was the United States able to, but that the United States was destined to stretch across the continent, from ocean to ocean. This image is one of the

In conclusion, Manifest Destiny changed the U.S. and everyone surrounding economically, socially, and geographically. America was changed economically by making money in different ways, socially by wanting different laws and governments than the surrounding peoples, and finally, geographically because they needed more land to profit from. This was a real turning point for the U.S., the indians were moved from their land, we gained Texas, which expanded our country and opened new land opportunities, and we gained more technology. Where would we be if this all wouldn’t have

Manifest Destiny was an idea expressed during west ward expansion. It was the belief that God ordained that Americans must travel from coast to coast. Americans were also supposed to share their “light” to the primitive natives. Natives in the photo are showed in the darker side of the painting. They are fleeing from the giant angel heading towards them. The angel in the middle of the painting carrying a book and telegraph wires to insinuate their intellectual dominance. The painting tries to show how in the early to mid-19th century Americans believed God is always on their side and justifies everything they do from taking land to racism.

Manifest Destiny in America in the 1800s outcomes have many political, economic, and social factors.

“Manifest Destiny”. Class Notes. Century Middle School, Thornton. 1 Mar. 2017. Lecture.)

Rapid population growth and overuse of the land east of the Mississippi River, coupled with the knowledge that there was an abundance of land for new settlement west of the river, led to the ideology of expansionism; the ideology became simply known as Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny and American Territorial Expansion, written by Amy S. Greenburg, deeply explains the motivation of the individuals looking to expand their settlements westward. Since the time of publication, we have realized that we could have handled the situation, in which we removed the inhabitants of the west from their homeland, in a better way. Americans believed that it was their God-given right to expand westward by destroying anything in their path. “…courageous pioneers believed that America had a divine obligation to stretch the boundaries of their noble republic to the Pacific Ocean.” (“29. Manifest Destiny.”)

Manifest Destiny, one of the most influential ideologies in American history, was used as the basis to justify almost-continuous conflict from the early- to the late-19th century (Greenberg 3). This conflict included the relentless displacement of Native Americans from their ancestral lands, a war of aggression against Mexico in 1846, and attacks on countries such as Canada, Cuba, and even Central America, by filibusters and military action to gain overseas colonies (Greenberg 10, 25, and 26). While Manifest Destiny first arose as a dominant ideology during the early nineteenth-century, the concept of American exceptionalism, the heart of this ideology, was older than the nation itself. This concept was taken by white Americans as proof that they, and their nation, were unique and marked by God for a special destiny (Greenberg, 5). It would be several decades before the advantages of American settlement would be presented to the world. One advantage being the Louisiana Purchase, which was the expansion westward.

Painters enormously manipulated the truth in their portraits they painted since they aimed to present a specific meaning or feeling to their observers. One of the results, paintings of America`s wars especially before the Civil War had a

During the mid-nineteenth century, the rise of new territories increased the desire of Americans to expand into new territories in the western region. The term “Manifest Destiny” was first introduced by a magazine editor, John O’Sullivan, written in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review in 1845 to express the idea that the United States had a unique role in expanding the nation (OpenStax College 316,483). Manifest Destiny is widely defined as a justification of continental expansion as a calling to the American citizens to unify the land into the Union. I view Manifest Destiny as white males expressing their ideals of white supremacy unavoidably expanding new territories not yet defined by others (). With the new western land came the revival of the issue of slavery, should new territories become free or slave states? In several cases, the white settlers inflicted their morals about their policies and views of slavery in new territories acquired and bypassed all other principles of different races. They saw that their morals were above all and that they received a message from God to colonize the new land for themselves. Although Manifest Destiny posed conflict against Native Americans and slaves, new land and trade routes steered the United States to enter a realm of economic prosperity.

The Manifest Destiny was the name given to the Anglo-American (white) expansion into the West. The Manifest Destiny was based on an idea that white Americans were superior people who believed in God. Americans were to populate North America “sea to shining sea” and spread the religion of Christianity. The Manifest Destiny displayed American’s confidence. Americans moved west for more land, the Manifest Destiny also uplifted American’s freedom and democracy. And it encouraged independence. The United States used the Manifest Destiny to start a war with Mexico from1846 until 1848. The Manifest Destiny communicated American claims to western lands, at once highlighting the nation’s superiority and offering a solution to national anxieties. Ironically, the new territories exacerbated sectional divisions and caused the civil war (Bailey et al., 2015, p 319, and Hardesty 2015).