Glen
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Glen
Agree that Britain might not want to clash with the US over the issue. However they might accept an invitation from Texas to absorb that state. Possibly use a dispute over southern California as a bargaining counter with the US over something else.
That is certainly possible.
Think that the US would be unwise to seek to push to take lands it has already implicitly agreed belong to Texas, or to deny them a Pacific coastline simply because it can. Likely to stir up a lot of resentment and until at least ~1870, if comparable to OTL, its going to be very vulnerable to a war with Britain.
Steve
Also agreed, and here they are slightly less vulnerable at sea but more vulnerable on land to British attack.