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1. Texas was part of the Spanish territory owned by Spain. The Texans wanted Mexico to keep Texas as a slave state since Mexico had a law that banned slavery and the Texans wanted their independence. 2. The Texans wanted the U.S. to annex Texas making it a state of the U.S. but Andrew Jackson refused it and believed that Texas as a slave state would change the diaphanous balance of free and slave states. The president also did not want to have a war with Mexico over Texas. Later on, President Jackson recognized Texas as an Independent Nation. In the end in 1844, Texas and Mexico signed a peace treaty. 3. On April 21, 1836, at the Battle of San Jacinto, Mexican troops were resting when Houston's forces attacked them and captured Santa Anna. Then, they forced him to sign a treaty giving Texas its independence. This is why Texas has the nickname "The Independant State" to remember that they were once their own country.