Some People in Britain Hoped for a British Alliance with Texas

Some people in Britain hoped for a British alliance with Texas because

A) the alliance would help to support the Monroe Doctrine.
B) this area would provide an excellent base from which to attack the United States.
C) Mexican efforts to attack the United States would be stopped.
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.