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The idea that the US should be a continental nation reaching from the Atlantic to the pacific oceans was called?
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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Right to all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
The belief that the right to all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific belonged to Americans is called manifest destiny. Manifest destiny was not a specific policy, but a general notion.
What was so significant about the historical event called the Lewis and Clark expedition?
They found the "Northwest Passage"; a trail going from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What was the belief in the 19th century that the US would extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean?
This was called Manifest Destiny.manifest destinyThis belief was called "manifest destiny." Americans believed that it was their right, and America's inevitable future, to overtake all of North America.
What continental congress was called for peace and made preparations for war?
The First Continental Congress originally called for peace. When peace was not possible a declaration of war was issued and a declaration of independence.
Who called for a Resolution in the Second Continental Congress for Independence from Britain?
John Dickinson, a Founding Father, called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for Independence from Britain.
