MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Texas was an independent country. He risked war with Texas.
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Mexico claimed Texas as its own. He risked war with Mexico.
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It was a French colony. He risked a trade embargo with France.
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British traders had bases there. He risked a trade embargo with Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polk supported immediate annexation of Texas because he argued it was originally part of the Louisiana Purchase but was unjustly lost with the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. Polk ran on an expansionist platform where his main promises consisted of the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 12, 1846, the United States Senate voted 40 to 2 to go to war with Mexico. President James K. Polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on U.S. soil, north of the Rio Grande.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mexico also relinquished all claims to Texas, and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did President James K. Polk support the annexation of Texas, and how did he convince northerners to accept the annexation? Polk believed in Manifest Destiny & he reasoned that northerners would accept the annexation of Texas if they got their own prize. He promised them the Oregon Territory.