By What Means Did the First Americans Establish Landholdings in Texas

question 68

Multiple Choice

By what means did the first Americans establish landholdings in Texas?

• A) illegal squatting in borderlands that were considered disputed territory
• B) legal purchase of land, as long as they became Mexican citizens
• C) land grants to Catholics from American Catholic missionaries in the region
• D) management of ranches owned by absentee Mexican landlords
• E) as terms of a treaty signed following the Texas revolt

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