Why were the british able to send more troops to fight the united states in 1814

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.

What is the waterway that links the atlantic and pacific ocean

Who was the washington lawyer who watched the bombardment of fort mchenry from a british ship and wrote a poem about it? a. francis scott key b. benjamin banneker c. william clark d. zebulon pike