User blog comment:CourageousLife/Joint AltHist/@comment-4822327-20120214195027

If anybody steals my idea, I am going to be thouroughly upset. So, I know that it's a stretch, but what-if: All of the terrirory gained by the United States from the Mexican American war (especially California and Texas) decided they did not want to be ruled by the United States but instead become independent? My problem is working out how to start the war without the US annexing Texas and how to drag the other territories into the picture.