William Walker, a white man born in Tennessee, led a group of forty-five men into the Mexican territory of Baja California in 1853,
declared it the Republic of Lower California under his rule and established the legality of slavery there. He was kicked out by
Mexican authorities shortly thereafter. The following year, he invaded Nicaragua for the same reason, where he was defeated,
captured, and executed in 1860. Walker, in this scenario, is one of the United States' most notorious
A) Texians
B) filibusters
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