5 sentences with 'expansionists'
Example sentences and phrases with the word expansionists and other words derived from it.
• « The Adams-Oms Treaty displeased many American expansionists, who criticised Adams for not claiming all of Texas, which they believed was included in the Louisiana Purchase. »
• « As the early filibuster raids on Texas demonstrated, American expansionists had desired this area of the Spanish empire in America for many years. »
• « After the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 established the border between Mexico and the United States, more American expansionists began to move into the northern part of the Mexican province of Coahuila and Texas. »
• « Southern expansionists had led the drive to add more territory to the United States. They applauded the Louisiana Purchase and fervently supported Indian removal, the annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American War. »
• « Inspired by the annexation of Texas, pro-slavery expansionists hoped to repeat that feat by incorporating Cuba and other territories into the United States, thus expanding the American empire of slavery. »