________ was the idea that God had destined European Americans to engage in western expansion to the coast of California which forced Mexicans and Native Americans from their homelands.

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Manifest Destiny was the idea that European Americans were destined by God to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean. This concept drove the forced removal of Native Americans from their homelands and the Mexican-American War, resulting in the annexation of California and much of the Southwest.

________ Was the Idea That God Had Destined European Americans