How would you describe American policies towards Native Americans in the early 1800s? One of the most influential and lasting ideas of the 19th century was "Manifest Destiny," or the belief that American society, culture, religion, and institutions were destined by God to spread over the rest of the North American continent and everywhere Americans could reach. Although a phrase not coined until 1845, how do these sources relate to early factors shaping American expansion and Manifest Destiny? Do you agree with historians who argue that Native Americans were the only true "losers" of the War of the 1812 (the Americans and British more-or-less ending in a draw)?

How would you describe American policies towards Native Americans in the early 1800s? One of the most influential and lasting ideas of the 19th century was "Manifest Destiny," or the belief that American society, culture, religion, and institutions were destined by God to spread over the rest of the North American continent and everywhere Americans could reach. Although a phrase not coined until 1845, how do these sources relate to early factors shaping American expansion and Manifest Destiny? Do you agree with historians who argue that Native Americans were the only true "losers" of the War of the 1812 (the Americans and British more-or-less ending in a draw)?