Your Quest
Your mission is to explore the reasoning behind manifest destiny and to discover why moving west was appealing to so many families. At the end of this lesson you should be able to come up with a logical argument as to whether or not you would relocate your family to unchartered Western territory. To help you along the way, you will use resources from the internet to help you write a powerful essay that persuades the reader about whether or not you would move your family westward and settle into a new colony.