texas To add a state or territory into as part of another country or nation What is ANNEXATION People FOR Annexation Sam Houston1 st 3 rd Tx President ProSlavery groups ID: 459091
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Annexation of
texasSlide2
To add a state or territory into (as part of) another country or nation.
What is ANNEXATION?Slide3Slide4Slide5
People
FOR
Annexation
Sam Houston-1
st
/3
rd
Tx
. President
Pro-Slavery
groups
Anson Jones- 4
th
Tx
. President
James K. Polk- 11
th
US President
John Tyler- 10
th
US PresidentSlide6
Reasons for annexation
Slavery-
Texas and the southern U.S.
states
wanted/ needed slaves for crops
.
Debt
-
Texas owed a lot of money it couldn’t re-pay. If Texas was annexed, the U.S. would pay our debts
. Slide7
Reasons for annexation
Public
Land
- If the U.S. paid Texas’s debts, then Texas had to give the U.S. free land as re-payment
.Slide8
People
AGAINST
Annexation
Miribeau
B. Lamar- 2
nd
Tx
President
Anti-Slavery
Groups
Andrew
Jackson- 7
th
US PresidentSlide9
Reasons against annexation
Anti-Slavery-
The U.S. didn’t want to upset the balance of free versus slave states. If they added Texas then there would be more slave states than free states.Slide10
Reasons against annexation
War
- The U.S. wanted to avoid war with Mexico which they feared would happen if they annexed Texas.Slide11
Reasons against annexation
Tx
debt/Land
- The U.S. didn’t want to pay
Texas
’
debt without getting something in return. And Texans didn’t want to give up their land for free
.Slide12
Reasons against annexation
Elections
- 1844 was an election year and the U.S. wanted to avoid controversy.Slide13Slide14
Why was the United States reluctant to annex (against annexing) Texas as part of the nation?Slide15
Supported Annexation of TX
Sam
Houston
Southern Congressmen
James
Polk
Texas Citizens
Wanted the military and economy of the USA for TX
Wanted to expand the USA and add more states
Wanted postal service, stable economy, and protection from Indians
Wanted to add TX as a slave stateSlide16
Opposed
Annexation of TX