The first thing that the states (former colonies) did after the declaration of independence was to:
a.
declare their own independence
c.
form their own armies
b.
draft their own constitutions
d.
join a confederacy with france

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.