Filibusters and expansionists: Jeffersonian manifest destiny, 1800-1821

"A special kind of state making" : Jeffersonian manifest destiny

"To conquer without war" : the philosophy of Jeffersonian expansion

Followers of the green flag : revolution in the Texas borderlands

The first Spanish-American War : patriot efforts to annex Florida

"Pacified by paternal solitude" : Indian wars as an expansionist movement

Leftover of war : Negro fort

"A set of desperate and bloody dogs" : the acquisition of Amelia Island

Destiny becomes manifest : Andrew Jackson invades Florida

"Taking advantage of propitious circumstances" : the struggle for Texas

A Jeffersonian leviathan : manifest destiny succeeds.