MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Texas seceded from the United States
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Many United States citizens settled in Texas.
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Texas petitioned the United States for statehood.
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Mexico and the United States fought a war over the Texas border.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821, American settlers immigrated to Texas in even larger numbers, intent on taking the land from the new and vulnerable Mexican nation in order to create a new American slave state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mexico refused to recognize the Republic of Texas, and intermittent conflicts between the two countries continued into the 1840s. The annexation of Texas as the 28th state of the United States, in 1845, led directly to the Mexican–American War.
Detailed explanation-3: -On September 27, 1821, the Spanish signed a treaty recognizing Mexico’s independence. Since Moses Austin had been granted permission by Spain to bring American families to Texas, his son Stephen had to renegotiate the land grant and settlements with the new Mexican government.