The hacienda system of Mexico is best characterized by:

A) landed aristocrats ruling agrarian peasants
B) the Treaty of Guadalupe
C) competition among the Olmecs, Toltecs, and Mayas
D) lack of a significant class system
E) religious tolerance


A

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