was texas in the louisana purchase? >> it's a great question.he argument is, it could have been part of the louisana purchase. it became debated for what is clear anybody served under andrew jackson, looked up to jackson and even people that challenged him and criticized jackson. they felt that texas eventually would belong to the united states and many of them felt that it already should be part of the u.s. because of the purchase. >> mexico was just getting on their feet. americans didn't want to fight another war? >> america was trying not to fight another war. we did win the war of 1812 and the jackson of the hero of battle of new orleans. there was a feeling -- we weren't looking to go westward. by around the time of 1830s that western movement was starting to kick in and people move to tennessee and further west. this is before the gold rush in california in 1849. in 1830s getting to texas and raising cattle and having a farm, this was a great move. along the louisiana border, some of the great timber land in north america. in that industr

was texas in the louisana purchase?? >> it's a great question.it could have been part of the louisana purchase. it became debated, but what is clear is anybody who served under andrew jackson, looked up to jackson, and even people that challenged him and criticized jackson. they all felt that texas eventually would belong to the united states, and many of them felt that it already should be part of the u.s. because of the purchase. >> why didn't america just take it? mexico was just getting on their feet. americans didn't want to fight another war? >> america was trying not to fight another war. we did win the war of 1812 and the jackson of the hero of battle of new orleans. there was a feeling of take care of america, and nation build. we were looking to go westward in the sense of the w manifestation on steroids like it would later become. right around the time of the 1830s, that western movement was starting to kick in, and even early people then moved to tennessee, and are moving further west. >a this was before the gold rush in californian i