James Knox Polk, installed as United States…

December 1845 CE

James Knox Polk, installed as United States President on March 4, 1845, declares that “the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny”, and, with strong popular support, pushes for statehood for Texas.

On December 2, Polk announces to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced, and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

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Antonio López de Santa Anna View → James K. Polk View → Sam Houston View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Mexico, Centralist Republic of View → Texas, Republic of View → Texas, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Party System, Second (United States) View → Jacksonian Democracy (United States) View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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