What effect did abolishing slavery and the restriction of immigration to Texas from the United States by the Mexican government have?
A. Delegates from different parts of Texas met and declared their independence from Mexico.
B. The United States sent troops south of the Rio Grande, provoking Mexico to declare war on the United States.
C. Tensions between Mexico and the American colonists increased, eventually leading to open rebellion.
D. Texas requested to be admitted into the Union, but the United States refused to annex the territory.
