Federalists believed in the separation of powers because they wanted individuals to have separate rights.
to avoid conflicts between states.
the central government to avoid monarchy.
the nation to elect a strong executive.

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.