The Annexation of Texas
The annexation of Texas by the United States remains a controversial topic to this day. Occurring in 1845, it caused a great uproar amongst the citizens of the United States and Texas. The main question when debating the annexation of Texas is how it affected slavery. Indeed, and because the annexation of slavery served to extend the area in which slavery would be allowed, this caused a situation in which it shifted the balance of power away from the North and towards the South in relation to the question of slavery.
In so doing, it worsened the divisions which were taking place over issues such as slavery and states’ rights throughout the United States at the time. With the annexation of Texas therefor contributing …show more content…
As President, he believed that annexing Texas would allow him to stay in office and be reelected . Because he heavily believed in the idea of Manifest Destiny, Tyler thought that annexing Texas would allow America to “fulfill its destiny.” Therefor, Tyler pursued the issue in secret because he thought that it would allow him to form a winning coalition for reelection because of the positive perceptions of annexation which would likely come out in the slaveholding South of the country (Haynes, …show more content…
Calhoun in hope of passing an annexation treaty in the Senate. With Calhoun spreading a rumor that Britain would guarantee Texas’ independence and therefor interfere in America’s field if Texas would not be annexed, Calhoun attempted to gain support for the annexation on the basis that it would allow for Texas to join the Union in line with Manifest Destiny and at the same time ensure that slavery would continue in Texas and the South (Wharton, 51-52). This said, the annexation resolution was defeated in the Senate because the Whigs heavily opposed it. Alone, the Tyler-Texas annexation treaty was defeated “by almost two-third of the Senate as Whigs opposed it almost universally” (Smith, 39). From there, the annexation of Texas was put off until 1845 when it was finally passed by the American Senate, and then brought to a vote in Texas. With the Texas Congress accepting the proposal and the people of Texas then ratifying the treaty, Texas became the twenty-eight state of the Union in 1845 (Barker,
The annexation of Texas by the United States remains a controversial topic to this day. Occurring in 1845, it caused a great uproar amongst the citizens of the United States and Texas. The main question when debating the annexation of Texas is how it affected slavery. Indeed, and because the annexation of slavery served to extend the area in which slavery would be allowed, this caused a situation in which it shifted the balance of power away from the North and towards the South in relation to the question of slavery.
In so doing, it worsened the divisions which were taking place over issues such as slavery and states’ rights throughout the United States at the time. With the annexation of Texas therefor contributing …show more content…
As President, he believed that annexing Texas would allow him to stay in office and be reelected . Because he heavily believed in the idea of Manifest Destiny, Tyler thought that annexing Texas would allow America to “fulfill its destiny.” Therefor, Tyler pursued the issue in secret because he thought that it would allow him to form a winning coalition for reelection because of the positive perceptions of annexation which would likely come out in the slaveholding South of the country (Haynes, …show more content…
Calhoun in hope of passing an annexation treaty in the Senate. With Calhoun spreading a rumor that Britain would guarantee Texas’ independence and therefor interfere in America’s field if Texas would not be annexed, Calhoun attempted to gain support for the annexation on the basis that it would allow for Texas to join the Union in line with Manifest Destiny and at the same time ensure that slavery would continue in Texas and the South (Wharton, 51-52). This said, the annexation resolution was defeated in the Senate because the Whigs heavily opposed it. Alone, the Tyler-Texas annexation treaty was defeated “by almost two-third of the Senate as Whigs opposed it almost universally” (Smith, 39). From there, the annexation of Texas was put off until 1845 when it was finally passed by the American Senate, and then brought to a vote in Texas. With the Texas Congress accepting the proposal and the people of Texas then ratifying the treaty, Texas became the twenty-eight state of the Union in 1845 (Barker,