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.
a, b
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