All 3 Uses of
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Do You Speak American?
- Sam Houston was elected president, and a struggle began for annexation by the United States, an idea resisted by antislavery forces in the U.S. Congress.
Chpt 5 *annexation = the process of taking territory
- Santa Anna, now president of Mexico, said that annexation would be an act of war.†
Chpt 5
- In 1845, President Polk tried to negotiate the annexation of Texas and to bargain for New Mexico and California.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(annex as in: annexed the community) to take territory and make it part of a larger territory -- such as a city making land outside of it a part of the city