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Traces the mass human migration across the North American continent. "In July 1845, John L. O'Sullivan wrote an editorial in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review in which he proclaimed that it was the nation's "Manifest Destiny ... to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." With the support of President James K. Polk, Manifest Destiny became a rallying cry for the United...

Andrew Jackson rises to power and clashes with another national hero Davy Crockett over the U.S. policy towards the Native Americans and Jackson's Indian Removal Act. Meanwhile, a war with Mexico is brewing.

Clay was essentially, constructively, triumphantly American. The impetuous impulse of Clay was to let the youth, the vigor, the creative spirit of triumphant America sweep in untrammeled activity whithersoever it would, secure that a beneficent Providence would guide it. And in all these various phases Clay embodied the spirit of the West -- its nervous vigor, its all-attempting courage, its undying enthusiasm. - Gamaliel Bradford - page [v].

During the 1840s the United States and England were in conflict over two unsettled territories along the undefined Canadian-American border. This riveting account of the Maine and Oregon boundary treaties is brought to life masterfully by Professors Howar.

Featuring striking visuals, cutting-edge computer animation, and feature-quality historic reenactments, this film places viewers in the center of the dramatic conflict that inspired the national anthem of the United States, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” From the fierce battle, where American soldiers fought with valor to protect their homes and families, to the dire moments when Francis Scott Key famously looked through his spyglass, straining to...