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Pio Pico, Governor of Alta California, wanted California to become a British protectorate rather than part of the United States. He had the capital of his territory in Los Angeles.

What if during the Mexican-American War Pio Pico declared independence for a southern California Republic and requested British recognition and protection?

Most American settlers were north of San Francisco Bay, so I imagine a territory with a northern border that stretches from the bay to the Sierra Nevada, south, and then follows the Colorado River to the Gulf of California.

If the US doesn't have half of the California coast, I could imagine an effort to get the port at Guaymas.
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