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It was called Manifest Destiny.

The doctrine was supported by the success of the colonies along the Atlantic coast, and the subsequent expansion into the Louisiana Purchase and Texas. In the process, the US entered lands occupied by several Native American tribes, or by small numbers of settlers in lands only nominally claimed by Mexico or British Canada.

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