USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The settlement and annexation of Texas can be seen as an example of America pursuing its “manifest destiny.” Mexico had won its independence from Spain in 1821. During the 1820s, small numbers of Americans began moving into the Mexican province of Texas from the southeast to raise cotton and sugar on plantations.

Detailed explanation-2: -One reason that some people did not want to annex Texas as a state was the issue of slavery. Texas was a slave state and would have tipped the balance between the free states and slave states toward slavery. A second issue with making Texas a state was the worry that doing so would incite war with Mexico.