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    look at catholic religion today they also had big effect on the territorial expansion and the kings authority Today I will be talking about 3 different topics to do with my inquiry question what was the impact of the crusades my first topic is territorial expansion then increased authority of the king and finally effects of the crusades on the catholic church Territorial expansion Crusading contend a serious role in European territorial growth. The primary Crusade resulted within the formation of the

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    The Unextinguishable Territorial Expansion Movement As the United States matured through its first few decades, it became an increasingly diversified nation thanks to the numerous religions, ethnicities, and opinions present. The emergence of the Bank of the United States in 1791 was the most obvious initiator of a split in opinion—one side for, the other against. The issue of a national bank created the first political parties of the United States. Because of these political parties, more distinctive

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    During the time of 1800-1855, many achievements of territorial expansions were made, along with the Compromise of 1820 & 1850, and the Louisiana Purchase. Every one of these was faced with various supporters and non-supporters to territorial expansion, every one of them without exception had their own distinct reason. On the other hand, all of the debates supporters and non-supporters for expansion, in the end, forced the United States Government behavior and has molded the country as it is today

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    Manifest destiny and territorial expansion divided the United States from 1830 to 1860 through views on Texas, disagreements regarding whether or not it was justifiable to travel west for land, and how to handle the war that may have arisen as a result of territorial expansion. There was much division among Americans regarding what should be done with Texas. Some argued that it should join the other states so that there could be peace between them and Texas (Document F) and that it would make the

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    settlement of Boonesborough in the late 1700s. These sharp contrasts in ideas led to future debates. From 1800-1855, territorial expansion ignited nationwide debates: The supporters of territorial expansion rallied behind the term “manifest destiny,” while the opposition argued the unconstitutionality of the acquisition of territory, and the future negative consequences expansion may cause. John L. O’Sullivan first coined the phrase manifest destiny in 1845. In these two words, he voiced the idea

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    The Americans in the initially resisted territorial expansions and building a strong military force. One key reason behind this was that the thought of ruling other countries and people was not consistent with the principals of republicans. The people of America specially the old generation were quite against ruling other peoples without their consent. In addition, Americans were also not interested in adding people from different religions, cultures and of different languages. The United State

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    century, wars and changes to foreign policy resulted in territorial expansion for the United States. A group of highly nationalistic Democratic Republican congressmen, named the War Hawks sought to seize land from Native Americans, drive Britain from Canada, annex Spanish Florida, and punish Britain for violations against neutral rights. After the War of 1812, America became a highly nationalist nation and the interest for territorial expansion increased. Americans adopted the idea of Manifest Destiny

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    Europe and Asia were constantly building an empire so the American’s demanded U.S. expansion. The majority of their focus was on the Western Hemisphere (Barnes & Bowles, The American Story - Perspectives and Encounters from 1877, 2014). The Western Hemisphere was the main focus and it made America what it is today. Progressives attempted to resolve this issue through territorial expansion. Territorial expansion was a great benefit to America for multiple different reasons. First, the U.S

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    Territorial Expansion " Almost all people have, at one stage or another in their history felt and expressed the need to extend their territory and also to explain and justify their need both to the world and to themselves." ( John A. Hawgood, Manifest Destiny, p126) When North America was first being colonised in the early 17th century, the settlers made their home along the coasts of the ocean and the shores of the nearby rivers. Nevertheless, as the population kept growing, adventurers

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    Territorial expansion revealed major disagreements within the United States, directly leading to the rise of sectional tensions. Americans had been gradually moving west since colonization, but in 1803 it nearly doubled in size with the Louisiana purchase. The Louisiana territory remained largely unsettled until after the War of 1812. The successful defence against British forces led to a surge of nationalism. This surge of nationalism led to the belief that America was destined to expand and spread

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