MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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to make more slave states than free states
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to start a war with Mexico
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to fulfill the American belief of Manifest Destiny
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to help Texas pay off debt
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this article he urged the U.S. to annex the Republic of Texas, not only because Texas desired this, but because it was “our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions". Overcoming Whig opposition, Democrats annexed Texas in 1845.
Detailed explanation-2: -The idea of manifest destiny-that the United States was destined to occupy the entire North American Hemisphere-came of age in the 1840s. It began with the annexation of Texas, which led to the Mexican-American War and the resulting great land cession.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: Manifest Destiny was the belief that American expansion was destined to expand across the continent. Because of this attitude, Americans invited Texas to join the US as the 28th state in 1845. Texas was formerly a part of Mexican territory, but had revolted.
Detailed explanation-4: -The idea of Manifest Destiny arose in response to the prospect of U.S. annexation of Texas and to a dispute with Britain over the Oregon Country, which became part of the union.