Question

Each owner in a community grant held private ownership of ________________ a. the house and community lands. b. their homes and a fraction share of all other community land. c. only the small plot with the house and gardens . d. enough land for many future generations to live on the land.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) only the small plot with the house and gardens.

Each owner in a community grant held private ownership of only the small plot with the house and gardens.

In those years, a community grant was used to establish settlements in the region such as home and community land. First the Spanish and then, the Mexican government established settlements in New Mexico. They did it by giving land grants. This gave new opportunities to people to create ranches and start working with cattle. The interesting thing about this is that the government granted this to individuals and to communities. Each owner in a community grant held private ownership of only the small plot with the house and gardens.