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Agree its difficult to see a secession without war - unless the President is a support of slavery in which case why would the south secede? Know about the nullification crisis. :) Possibly this could have been more successful if S Carolina had managed to build a coalition in support of tariff...

Possibly although that only really added one new free state once the south lost the debate in California - which was ironic since it was the south that pushed most heavily for war with Mexico because of its hopes of expanding slavery in those territories. However the big issues were elsewhere...

Possibly but they are further away from Mexico City, both geographically and in terms of travel time/terrain so harder for the Mexican regime to pressurize. Also they might find another protector in terms of the UK possibly. The gold will run out eventually but it does have a lot of use...

Would a California revolution occur without the US conquest? It might depend on if/when gold is discovered as that meant a flood of people from all over the world which would make it difficult for the strongman in Mexico city to maintain control. However if the settlement is predominantly...