Manifest destiny made it to where the united states and americans were trying to expand everywhere, this meant that Americans were also going into other countries land (especially Mexico's) A large group of farmers lead by John Austin made an agreement with Mexico to where they would bring mexicans amd farm Texas. They did not fully comply to all the rules in the agreement. Because the United States had land on the borders of Texas with a strong army and americans already in Texas they basically said this is our land amd started a war ending in the anexation of Texas.
Answer: B
La Salle expedition starting in 1682, as the first European penetration of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf shore was a disaster and did not reached the results expected. La Salle managed to build a small settlement with no official name that later became known as Fort Saint Louis which became a permanent settlement and trading post.
When Lincoln was elected as President, it was clear to slaveowners that there would be efforts to abolish slavery. White southerners who did not own slaves had nothing to lose, therefore southern slaveowners worried their loyalty would sway towards the anti-slavery movement. This would be detrimental to slaveowners as they would not only have Northerners trying to take away their slaves, but their fellow neighbours as well.
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