MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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adopt a new constitution
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Texas could be divided into 3 states
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enter the US as a slave state
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join Spain in their revenge against Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -46, A joint resolution for annexing Texas to the United States, January 27, 1845 | U.S. Capitol-Visitor Center. After the Senate rejected the Texas annexation treaty, proponents of annexation decided to gain Texas by a joint resolution of Congress, which required only a majority vote in each house.
Detailed explanation-2: -House Joint Resolution 259, 55th Congress, 2nd session, known as the “Newlands Resolution, ” passed Congress and was signed into law by President McKinley on July 7, 1898-the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States. Sanford Dole became the first Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tyler-Texas treaty, signed on April 12, 1844, was framed to induct Texas into the Union as a territory, following constitutional protocols. To wit, Texas would cede all its public lands to the United States, and the federal government would assume all its bonded debt, up to $10 million.
Detailed explanation-4: -Declaring war. Terminating national emergency declarations. Amending the Constitution of the United States.