Read the following quotes about Manifest Destiny. Use the quotes to help decipher a
definition for the term, identifying key characteristics and examples.
1. "Consideracons for the Plantacon of New England." 1622, John Winthrop:
That (which) lies comon, & hath never beene replenished or subdued, is free to
any that possesse & improve it: ffor God hath given to the sonnes of men a
double right to the earth; theire is a naturall right, & a civill right.