MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1835 Jones joined those Texans who were calling for Texan independence. During the Texas revolution, he served as a surgeon for the Texas forces. He also fought as a soldier in the Battle of San Jacinto, which won Texas its independence from Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anson Jones was the last president of the Texas republic (1844–46). He was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1798. He studied medicine and after an itinerant business and medical career, went to Texas in 1833 and became a doctor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Houston was genuinely torn between his desire for annexation and the dream of an independent Texas. Jones believed that the prospects for annexation were dim, and that independence as part a British-French alliance offered the best prospects for peace with Mexico and prosperity for Texas.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1817 Houston won appointment as sub-agent to the Eastern Cherokees, but ran afoul of Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, who became a lifelong enemy.