Why were some Americans against annexing Texas?

The issue of slavery

- The main concern was that annexing Texas would upset the balance of power in the Senate between free and slave states

- If Texas was annexed, it would add two more slave states to the Union

- Some Northerners worried that the admission of Texas would increase the political power of Southerners.

Fears of war with Mexico

- Annexing Texas could lead to war with Mexico to which Texas still belonged

- Mexico had warned that annexation would result in war

Financial burden

- The US would have to take on Texas's $10 million debt if it was annexed

Texas as a potential threat to Native Americans

- Some Americans worried that annexing Texas might lead to conflicts with Native American tribes living in the region

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