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Texas, annexation of


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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The US first formally offered to buy Tex. from Mexico under John Q. A dams , and all presidents did so until the T exas R evolt. The rise of abolitionism led many northerners to oppose the admission of another slave state, but in 1844, John C alhoun spurred John T yler to negotiate an annexation treaty, which was defeated by W hig party senators eager to embarrass a Democratic president. The 1844 election pitted James P olk , who favored annexation, against Henry C lay , who opposed it. Polk saw his victory as a mandate to make Tex. a state, but before he took office, Tyler won congressional approval for annexation on 1 March 1845. Mexico vehemently protested the act, which led to the M exican W ar. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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