MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Texas debts from the republic would be paid.
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Texas would be a territory rather than a state.
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Texas would keep 21 million acres of public land.
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Texas could be divided into five states.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did many Texans favor annexation to the United States? Texas debts from the republic would be paid. Texas would be a territory rather than a state. Texas would keep 21 million acres of public land.
Detailed explanation-2: -His official motivation was to outmaneuver suspected diplomatic efforts by the British government for the emancipation of slaves in Texas, which would undermine slavery in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Annexation was approved by the Texas and U.S. congresses in 1845, and the transfer of authority from the republic to the state of Texas took place in 1846. One unique feature of the annexation agreements was a provision permitting Texas to retain title to its public lands.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did the Republic of Texas hope the United States would annex Texas? Texas wanted to become part of the United States so it could be apart of a stronger group.
Detailed explanation-5: -Constitutional scruples and fear of war with Mexico were the reasons given for the rejection, but antislavery sentiment in the United States undoubtedly influenced Van Buren and continued to be the chief obstacle to annexation. Texas withdrew the annexation offer in 1838; President Mirabeau B.