USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After San Jacinto, Texas formally proposed annexation to the United States, and many Texans expected it to follow within a matter of months. Sam Houston was a protégé and close friend of President Andrew Jackson, who was known to favor the annexation to secure and expand the western border of the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was willing to risk the welfare of Texans; international relations with the United States, Mexico, England, and France; and his own political and personal interests to do so. With an almost unerring sense of political timing, Houston jumped on the annexation bandwagon in April 1845.

Detailed explanation-3: -Houston was elected commander of the Nacogdoches militia, with an assertion that Texans were fighting to defend their rights and the revolutionary slogan “Liberty or Death!” He appealed to the Declaration of Independence and thought an independent Texas should join the American Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Republic of Texas pre-annexation. President John Tyler made the annexation of Texas a priority, and in the closing days of his presidency, Congress voted to make Texas a state-though it was not until December 1845 that, under President James K. Polk, Texas formally achieved statehood.