It started small not much to boast, just 13 colonies on the east coast.
And took native land calling it conquest.
Why they do it? It's easy to see, an idea called Manifest Destiny.
Georgia 1828 the Cherokee Nation was the center of debate.
They did their best to assimilate, but their land was some primetime real estate.
So Andrew Jackson laid the feud to rest, and forced them to leave in the name of progress.
Over 15000 faced their fears in what later became known as the Trail of tears.
By 1840 We cleared the east, of native peoples may they rest in peace.
With guns and steel the whites had their way, now they set their sights on California.
Mexico, as we know it today, is only a piece of where it used to lay .
Back in the day it included L.A, but expansionists had something to say.
James K Polk took the reigns, war broke out and more land was gained.