Which event took place soon before the united states annexed texas a sam houston became president b texas became a u. s. territory c james polk became president d texas wrote a new constitution which of the following best describes a reason related to foreign policy that caused many texans to support annexation a the texas government was still heavily in debt b mexico was still considering a threat to texas c spain was still considering a therat to the u. s. d u. s. currency was worth more than texas currency