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How did Texas become a state?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although it’s true that the annexation of Texas was one of the most significant factors for the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, Texas had already asserted their own independence long before this event occurred in 1845. Indeed, it took about nine years up to that point before the American government decided that adding the state was worth provoking war with Mexico.

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How did Texas become a state?

• The United States claimed it from Mexico after the Mexican-American War
• Texas called to be annexed by the U.S., prompting the Mexican-American War
• The American government claimed it after war with Native American nations
• The Spanish government sold it to The United States during Mexican independence