Britain Was Interested in Developments in the Republic of Texas

question 27

Multiple Choice

Britain was interested in developments in the Republic of Texas because

• A) an independent Texas was a potential counterweight to the future growth of a powerful United States.
• B) Texas would be an important alternative source of cotton for the British textile industry.
• C) Texas threatened British influence in Central America and northern South America.
• D) British abolitionists were pleased that the Republic of Texas had outlawed slavery.
• E) the British navy wanted bases at Galveston and Corpus Christi.

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