MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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the mission system meant that there would be too many Catholics
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its price was too high
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the policy of President James K. Polk prevented the U.S. from taking it
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conflict over the balance of free and slave states
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following Texas’ successful war of independence against Mexico in 1836, President Martin van Buren refrained from annexing Texas after the Mexicans threatened war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Northerners did not want Texas to be admitted to the Union as a slave state because it would tip the balance of power in Congress toward the south. However most southerners wanted Texas to join the Union. Some Americans even feared that annexing Texas would spark a war with Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -Since its independence, Texas had sought annexation by the U.S. However, the process took nearly 10 years due to political divisions over slavery.
Detailed explanation-4: -The primary reason the U.S. did not want to annex Texas in 1837 was because annexation would likely start a war with Mexico. In 1845, many Mexicans were unhappy about the annexation of Texas by the United States. The root cause of the war was that Mexico and the U.S. could not agree on the Texas-Mexico border.