Question

What created tensions between Mexican authorities and American settlers in Texas?

A. Mexican authorities wanted to confiscate the lands of wealthy American settlers.
B. Many American settlers did not learn Spanish, and some continued to import slaves.
C. American settlers declared their intention to break away from the Mexican government.
D. American settlers began to capture and enslave Mexican citizens.

Answer 1

American settlers declared their intention to break away from the Mexican government.

Option: (C)

Explanation:

• The efforts that the Mexican government had taken to accede Texas to Mexico would not have allowed it to let the American settlers break Texas away from Mexico.

• But after the small battle that the American settlers had with a Mexican army troop led by General Santa Anna, the resentment among the American settlers against the government of Mexico grew high. With that, they declared their 'intention to break away' from Mexico.