MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Become an independent country
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Declare war on Mexico
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Receive help from Spain
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Annexation by the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The annexation of Texas contributed to the coming of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The conflict started, in part, over a disagreement about which river was Mexico’s true northern border: the Nueces or the Rio Grande.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States gained California, Arizona, New Mexico, and the Rio Grande boundary for Texas, as well as portions of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado. Because of Texas annexation, America ended up gaining a huge expansion of territory. The United States was now a true world power.
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.