Annexation of Texas

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:caused_by gptkb:Mexican-American_War
gptkbp:conflict border disputes
military skirmishes
gptkbp:contributed_to Civil War tensions
gptkbp:controversy slavery expansion
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date December 29, 1845
gptkbp:diplomatic_relations United States and Mexico
with France
with Britain
gptkbp:effect_on_mexico loss of territory
gptkbp:effect_on_native_americans gptkb:displacement
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:Rick_Perry
gptkb:Sam_Houston
gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:Kay_Bailey_Hutchison
gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Mirabeau_B._Lamar
gptkb:Ted_Cruz
gptkb:Antonio_López_de_Santa_Anna
gptkb:James_Bowie
gptkb:William_Travis
gptkb:Davy_Crockett
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkb:Stephen_F._Austin
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:David_G._Burnet
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkb:John_Cornyn
gptkb:James_Grant
gptkb:Ron_Paul
gptkb:Edward_Burleson
gptkb:Cynthia_Ann_Parker
gptkb:Juan_Seguín
gptkb:William_H._Wharton
gptkb:Beto_O'_Rourke
gptkb:James_Polk_Jr.
gptkb:Thomas_J._Rusk
gptkbp:historical_interpretation traditional narratives
revisionist history
gptkbp:historical_significance manifest destiny
first annexation of a territory that was a former independent nation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Annexation of Texas
gptkbp:impact increased tensions between North and South
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Texas_Revolution
gptkb:political_party
gptkb:nationalism
economic interests
Manifest Destiny ideology
American settlers in Texas
gptkbp:involved_cultural_factors American nationalism
Texan identity
gptkbp:involved_economic_interests gptkb:trade_routes
land speculation
gptkbp:involved_military_presence gptkb:Texas_Rangers
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:involved_social_movements gptkb:anti-slavery_movement
gptkb:expansion
gptkbp:is_opposed_by abolitionists
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Sam_Houston
gptkb:James_Polk_Jr.
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:California_Gold_Rush
gptkbp:legal_issue land ownership disputes
sovereignty claims
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Joint_Resolution_for_Annexing_Texas_to_the_United_States
gptkbp:military_leadership gptkb:Stephen_F._Austin
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:military_operations gptkb:Texas_Rangers
gptkbp:narrative American exceptionalism
Texas pride
gptkbp:negotiated_by gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Texas
with Mexico
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Manifest_Destiny
westward expansion
U. S. territorial expansion
gptkbp:political_impact gptkb:cultural_exchange
settler migration
rise of sectionalism
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Republic_of_Texas
gptkbp:public_perception divided
gptkbp:region gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo
gptkbp:resulted_in border disputes with Mexico
U. S. territorial expansion
gptkbp:significance expansion of U. S. territory
gptkbp:succeeded_by Texas statehood
gptkbp:support gptkb:Southern_Democrats
gptkbp:trade_goods cotton production
land grants
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo
gptkb:Treaty_of_Velasco
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Tyler
gptkb:James_Polk_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3