Plausibility Check: US intervention in Texan Revolution

Maybe not to the extent of sending troops to aid the rebels, but what about blockading and bombarding Mexican ports while landing supplies on the Gulf Coast and possibly smuggling them in overland through Louisiana? I'm assuming this is a horribly implausible premise, but I'd like to get my assumption validated if possible :)
 
Maybe a whole lot more American settlers, perhaps some with some influence in US politics?

A more lenient attitude towards "filibusters", Texas becoming amongst them?
 
It is not that hard actually. Jackson had confided in Houston that if Santa Anna chased him across the Sabine into American territory that the US would enter the war on the side of Texas.

Houston seized the opportunity to ambush Santa Anna's troops at San Jacinto, because he couldn't ignore such a strategic advantage he was given. If Santa Anna caught up any other time, Houston could have lost.

However if the opportunity hadn't arisen and Santa Anna continued the chase close enough to the US border (something tells me Jackson didn't need to wait until Houston crossed the river); it wasn't going to take long before the US intervened.
 

Jasen777

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There were newly come (that is in 1836, specifically to fight) U.S. volunteers in the Houston's army. This very likely included U.S. soldiers absent from Louisiana - General Gaines had sent the U.S. army to the Texas border to protect against Indians because he thought this would help free up Texans to fight the Mexican army.

Sending troops officially will be much harder, but probably more likely than bombing Mexican ports.
 
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