samhouston, persuaded the U.S. to annex Texas by threatening to
ask Britain for help if the United States refused
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Answer:constitutional scruples and fear of war with Mexico were the reasons given for the rejection, but antislavery sentiment in the United States undoubtedly influenced Van Buren and continued to be the chief obstacle to annexation. Texas withdrew the annexation offer in 1838; President Mirabeau B.
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