American expansion to the Pacific was introduced to the people of the country by several different means. The reasons for expansion did not exclude Politics, economy, nor society. Primarily the contributions that that the rise of expansion can be attributed to include Manifest Destiny, land hunger, suspicion of British intentions as well as trade opportunities. Each was valuable, some more than others, to impel the wheels of expansionism to begin. The most important contributor to …showed first 75 words of 688 total…

…showed last 75 words of 688 total…religious inferences, and human nature proved to be a close second with land hunger being a much stronger catalyst than either trade opportunities or suspicion of British intentions. Expansionism developed in the country to not only reach the west coast, but also in future times spread to Pacific Ocean islands as well as the land in Mexico. The United States became one of the leaders in expansion, topping the long leading British for the role.