All of the Following Were Reasons Why Britain Was Intensely

question 33

Multiple Choice

All of the following were reasons why Britain was intensely interested in an independent Texas except

• A) such a republic would check the southward surge of the American colossus, who posed a threat to nearby British possessions in the New World.
• B) clashes between Texas and America would create a smoke-screen diversion behind which foreign powers could move into the Americas and challenge the Monroe Doctrine.
• C) British merchants believed that an independent Texas could be an important free-trade area -to offset the tariff-walled United States.
• D) Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigrants.
• E) the alliance would give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in Texas and inflame nearby slaves of the South.

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