MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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The Mexican government had executed Santa Anna.
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They felt Santa Anna only signed them because he feared for his life.
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Velasco was an enemy of the Mexican Army.
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There was no Treaty of Velasco
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Detailed explanation-1: -Moreover, the Mexican government refused to accept the treaties on the grounds that Santa Anna had signed them as a captive. Since the treaties had now been violated by both sides, they never took effect.
Detailed explanation-2: -Santa Anna signed both the public agreement and the secret treaty, but neither was ratified as a treaty by the Mexican government because he had signed them under duress while being held captive.
Detailed explanation-3: -Page 1 of 3 On May 14, Santa Anna signed two peace treaties with interim Texas president David G. Burnet. The public treaty consisted of ten articles; a second, secret treaty consisted of six additional articles. The secret agreement was to be carried out when the public treaty had been fulfilled.
Detailed explanation-4: -2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, establishing the Rio Grande (and not the Nueces River) as the U.S.-Mexican border.