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Hi everyone! This is my first time posting here, but I´d like to see your thoughts on this scenario, which I think seems more or less pretty feasible. Though the POD is pre 1900, many of the questions I ask are related to post 1900 consequences, so not sure if this is in the right place...

Either way, in this scenario, the US never reaches the pacific coast. The easiest way of this occuring I think would be the combination of 2 different POD. On the one hand, Mexico keeps California (Mexico wins mexican american war?), and on the other, the UK getting the pacific northwest instead of the US (Spain and Russia also had claims, but I think the British gaining this territory is the most feasible).
So, the main points worth discussing here are:

1-How feasible is this scenario at all?

2-Can the US still become a superpower without a pacific coast?

3-How would a Mexican California and a British (later Canadian) pacific nortwest develop differently from OTL?

4-Would Canada and Mexico sharing a border much change their relationship with eachother years down the line? Also, Mexico and Canada being bigger, and the US being smaller than OTL, how would this affect the power relations between both countries and the US

5-Alaska. Without a pacific coast, I doubt the Russians would sell it to the US. They weren´t really on good terms with the British, so, would they sell Alaska at all? If so, to who? UK? Mexico? Japan even?

6-Hawaii. Without the US expanding into the Pacific, would Hawaii succumb to another european power? If so, to which? Or could an independent Hawaii survive? I read somewhere that Hawaii tried to strengthen ties with Japan round the 1870s, without the US, could this have lead anywhere?

9-Spanish American war. I´m pretty certain the Spanish American war would still happen in this TL, however, I can´t see the americans ever reaching the Philippines. Thisitself raises many points, perhaps even worthy of their own thread:

9.1- Would the Philippine independence movement succeed without US involvement, or would they remain a Spanish colony
9.2- If they remain a Spanish colony, would this affect the Spanish civil war at all further down the line?
9.3- Ifit remains Spanish, and the war still happens, and Franco still wins, what does this mean for ww2? Could we see Francoist Spain pushed to the allies side by a Japanese invasion, or would Japan respect the quasi axis colony?

10-ww2. And of course, on the subject of ww2, without a pacific coast, there can be no pearl harbour. Is there any way a US without a pacific coast can enter ww2? Even if it did, their involvement might be almost exclusively european. Does this guarantee a Japanese victoryin the pacific? Whacould this look like?

Theres a lot of points I know, and maybe it isnt feasible discussing them all on one thread, but any thoughts at all are welcome! Thanks in advance! :D
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