MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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to provoke Mexico into war
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to limit the power of Great Britain in North America
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to open up trade routes
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to keep a balance between slave states and free states
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why were Texas and Oregon annexed at approximately the same time? They were annexed at the same time to maintain the balance between free states Oregon and slave states Texas.
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: -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-4: -Constitutional scruples and fear of war with Mexico were the reasons given for the rejection, but antislavery sentiment in the United States undoubtedly influenced Van Buren and continued to be the chief obstacle to annexation. Texas withdrew the annexation offer in 1838; President Mirabeau B.