Question

How did religious and intellectual ideas provoke change in the western ideology?

Answer 1

The colonist moved westward for gold and of course expansion. But the religious and intellectual ideas provoked change because Manifest destiny.
Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.Apr 5, 2010