Manifest Destiny The idea of Manifest Destiny was based on the idea that America had a divine providence. It had a future that was destined by God to expand its borders, with no limit to area or country. All the traveling and expansion were part of the spirit of Manifest Destiny, a belief it was God's will for the white man to expand and civilize the North American Continent. A belief that is still arising …showed first 75 words of 918 total…

…showed last 75 words of 918 total…do think that some fore fathers did see themselves becoming a colonizing power like that of the British and French so with all this land it made the country whole and they decided not to push southward into Mexico or Northward into Canada to take land for the United States. Work Cited: "History of the United States of America," Encarta Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. [CD-ROM] Son of the Morning Star. Dir. Mike Rube. Per. Gary Cole. 9 October 2002