All of the Following Were Reasons Why Britain Was Intensely

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 in the South.