MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Santa Anna was still being held captive.
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Mexico did not recognize the independence of Texas.
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Mexico did not like the mistreatment of Natives by the Texans.
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Texas owed Mexico money.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mexico refused to acknowledge Texas independence. The Mexicans maintained that Texas was still a state in rebellion against its rightful government. Texans wanted to resolve their relationship with Mexico to avoid conflicts like the one involving the Independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 19, 1836, the Texas Congress unilaterally set the boundaries of the republic. It declared the Rio Grande to be the southern boundary, even though Mexico had refused to recognize Texas independence. The eastern border with Louisiana presented problems.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most immediate cause of the Texas Revolution was the refusal of many Texas, both Anglo and Mexican, to accept the governmental changes mandated by “Siete Leyes” which placed almost total power in the hands of the Mexican national government and Santa Anna.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Texas emerged as an independent republic (1836-1845), the new nation faced tremendous challenges: the nation was deeply in debt and Mexico, refusing to recognize Texas independence, threated to reconquer the region. The United States had also refused Texas’s request to be annexed to the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mexico had officially abolished slavery in Texas in 1829, and the desire of Anglo Texans to maintain the institution of chattel slavery in Texas was also a major cause of secession. Colonists and Tejanos disagreed on whether the ultimate goal was independence or a return to the Mexican Constitution of 1824.