USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As settlement expanded, the U.S. government forced Native Americans off their lands and onto reservations. Early statehood also saw a rapid expansion of the African-American population in Texas. The vast majority continued to live as slaves. Annexation inflamed tensions with Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -From independence to early statehood the Texas population continued to swell, exceeding 212, 000 inhabitants (154, 034 whites, 58, 161 slaves, and 397 freed African Americans) in the new state’s first U.S. Census in 1850.

Detailed explanation-3: -Immigration from the United States In the early years of Texas statehood, immigration from other regions of the United States led to a growing, diverse population. The total population approximately tripled by 1860. Many settlers migrated from southern regions of the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -On May 5, 1845, Texas President Jones called for a convention on July 4, 1845, to consider the annexation and a constitution. On June 23, the Texan Congress accepted the US Congress’s joint resolution of March 1, 1845, annexing Texas to the United States, and consented to the convention.