it will came under French or British rule
United States.
They were not going to annex at first because the president at that time said it would upset the equal number of slave states and free states.
The United States illegally annexed hundreds of islands to get at the good stuff.
The amendment stated that the United States would not annex Cuba after the war.
the rich cotton-producing land would benefit the United States.
The United States annexed Texas.
For him to be the President of the United States he would have to have been born in the USA. Before Hawaii was a State, it was an Annex of the United States, but he was born after Hawaii became a state.
they feared Texas would join britian and declare an end to slavery
it hasn't been annexed yet. "Annex" is when a state is added to the United States. Puerto Rico would be the 51st state. Right now it is commonwealth of the United States. It gets benefits and protection from the U.S. but it isn't considered a state, but it isn't independent either.
he feared the war with Mexico
they feared Texas would join britian and declare an end to slavery
"We should annex Hawaii immediately. It was a crime against the United States, it was a crime against white civilization, not to annex it two and a half years ago" -Roosevelt