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Texas Annexation

Questions
April 11th, 1844: An annexation treaty was signed between the U.S. and Texas.
 * What were the dates of the expansion?**

In the beginning of 1500s, the European countries were on the search for new territories to colonize. Soon, the Spanish would join in the European forces to colonize different parts of the U.S. and North America. A few years later than 1716, Spain found their colony in Texas and set up new settlers from islands for them to settle in Texas. With the Spanish population at growth, Indians emerged and thus making Texas multi-cultural. However, some of the conflicts that arose as a result of the expansion was that in 1803, a man by the name of Napolean Bonaparte made decisions that would forever change the "Spain of Texas." Because he needed to fund different enterprises, he sold most of the land such as Louisana to the United States. After this happened, Spain was afraid that without the sturdy military help, they would be defenseless.
 * Give a brief explanation of how and why the U.S. acquired the territory. Include discussion of conflicts that arose as a result of this expansion.**

The ruling governments of the territories had no choice but to approve of the deals. For example, they had to make an alliance with the United States because they did not want to lose their lands fully because their military was weak at the time. Together, the United States and "Spain-Texas" signed Adam-Onis treaty which the United States, in return, would get their borders.
 * Did the ruling governments of the territories approve of the deals? Why or why not?**

There were many impacts, but some of the main effects were that after the two countries signed the treaty, the Spanish was again in a blood shed to recieve their independence. Angry that they had been taken for advantage, they tried to rebel. The inhabitants were treated badly because the king would take all of the resources such as food, water, and etc. just so they could build up more lands to conquer and colonize. Overall, it had a negative impact on the inhabitants of the territory.
 * What was the impact on the inhabitants of the territory?**


 * What was the effect this expansion had on the U.S.? Consider the following topics when answering this:**
 * **Economic change:** Since some of the people in the United States had debt to pay, they would turn to Texas because they had land at a cheap price. This would boost up their economic change and not only pay off their debts, but make a profit about it. Therefore, the United States would benefit from this exchange.
 * **Population change:** The population grew 25,000 people and since most of the people were land hungry, more and more people each year would move to Texas and thus, the United States population would grow due to the expansion it had on the U.S. Immigrants, for example, would also move here because it was more towards the Western hemisphere and thus, their population would grow.
 * **Natural resources/environmental changes:** There were major environmental changes because it would have to shift from the Spanish territories to the United States way and thus, most of the construction such as the forests had to be made in order to fit in more people as the population arose in a rapid pace.
 * **Impact on slavery or other institutions:** Because the United States had taken the territories in Texas, they used some of the slaves from the native people and therefore, pushed forth slavery and other institutions so that they could be utilized more.
 * **Political Impact:** The government was usually spread out because as Austin and others awaited, more commissioners began to be spread in the government so that they could make opinions and suggest things. However, this did not help the political aspect of the United States as it became more complicated and harder to run. Therefore, Jackson wanted to take action to get rid of the many difficulties happening in the government.

There were posittive and negative effects of the Texas Annexation, however, it would be more positive as I consider both sides. Although the native people had to be slaved and their freedom was taken away, slavery would be abolished years later. Also, even though there was a political disruption in the government in Texas which complicated things, that soon came to an end because the new president, Sam Houston chose William Wharton along with different commissioners to make the government settle down. Some of the positive effects that happened to the native people was that their population grew and had more resources to work with because the United State's technology was more advanced which made lives of the people living there easier. Furthermore, the improvements of the United States was their rapid economic growth because the land was cheap. Overall, the addition of this piece of land was positive.
 * Overall, was the addition of this piece of land positive or negative? Consider all parties involved when developing your answer to this question.**

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