Takeover of Texas by the United States

The Republic of Texas was the only state to enter by treaty into the United States and admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.

The Republic of Texas declared it wanted to be separate from Mexico on March 2, 1836. Texas asked to join the United States the same year, but John Forsyth said no. At that time, most people in Texas were in favor of joining the United States. Most politicians from the United States did not want Texas to join. At that time Texas held many slaves. There was still much debate between politicians in the United States about if it was right to have slaves: this meant it was too risky for politicians against or for slavery to say they wanted Texas to join the United States. The politicians also thought Mexico would be upset if Texas left Mexico to join the United States. Texas was having money problems in the 1840s, so the president of Texas, Sam Houston, talked with Mexico ask for independence, with the United Kingdom mediating.

In 1843, U.S. president John Tyler, then unaligned with any political party, decided to pursue the takeover of Texas to make people excited and vote him in for another four years as president.

Category:19th century in Texas
Category:1840s in the United States
Category:1845