It was because there was an even amount of slave states and non-slave states and if Texas would be come part of the United States there would be an odd amount of slave and non-slave states and the US thought that would make the Northerner's angry.
Mexico Texas had been an independent country for nine years when it was annexed by the United States.
Texas.
After Texas gaining their independence from Mexico. Texas asked the US to annex them thus entering the union as a slave state.
Texas was annexed in 1845 by the united states. this means Texas became a state in 1845.
The United States had attempted to balance the number of slave states with the number of states that opposed slavery. By allowing Texas to become a part of the United States, the balance would have shifted.
At the time of the Texas revolution, most Texans and Americans assumed that the Republic of Texas would swifly be annexed to the United States. On December 29, 1845, the U.S. Congress admitted Texas as the 28th state.
The War for Texas Independence. The Annexation of Texas by the United States.
He tried to get Texas annexed by the United States.
Texas is a state located in the United States.
Texas is a state in the south of the United States.
Yes, Texas can withdraw from the United States but they will need to fight with Congress and the Legislature of the United States and Texas both most vote to withdraw.
Alaska and Texas
The United States annexed Texas.
Texas joined the United States by treaty in 1845.
Texas is the large state in the southwestern United States.
Texas is one of the 48 contiguous U.S. states.
Texas is a state of the United States of America. It is not itself a country, and there is no country within the state. There is a country that shares a border with Texas, and that related question is linked below.