MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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To keep the Texans from rebellion
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To collect more taxes
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To balance slave and free states
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To create more land for Indian reservations
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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: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polk-signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with the Mexican government. The treaty ended the Mexican War, which began in 1846. Under the terms of the treaty, Mexico agreed to recognize the Rio Grande as the Texas border and ceded California and New Mexico to the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Polk accomplished this through the annexation of Texas in 1845, the negotiation of the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848, which ended with the signing and ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848.