British Columbia joins US

In the negotiation between British Columbia and Canada, it was proposed that BC should join the US, WI this did happen? One condition BC wanted was to be connected to the East by a transcontinental railroad. Canada promised to build one where the US promised to connect to the one they recently built. BC joins US. Consequences; west coast from Alaska to California is US. No Canadian access to the Pacific.
 
In the negotiation between British Columbia and Canada, it was proposed that BC should join the US, WI this did happen? One condition BC wanted was to be connected to the East by a transcontinental railroad. Canada promised to build one where the US promised to connect to the one they recently built. BC joins US. Consequences; west coast from Alaska to California is US. No Canadian access to the Pacific.
Were the British going to allow this?
 
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