Britain was intensely involved with the Republic of Texas because
a. an independent Texas provided a check on Mexican power.
b. Texas could be an important alternative source of cotton.
c. Texas threatened British influence in Central America and northern South America.
d. British slave traffickers were looking for new areas to expand their trade.
e. the British navy wanted bases at Galveston and Corpus Christi.
b
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What major Enlightenment assumption did European thinkers began to question during the late nineteenth century?
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