Which was not a result of the religious wars in europe? england remained free and protestant after the defeat of the spanish armada. german unification emerged in the aftermath of the thirty years’ war. dutch protestants in the north gained their independence from spain. france was racked for thirty-six years by civil war for control of the throne.

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.