The major reason that Mexico invited Americans to settle in Texas was to
a. to raise revenue by taxing the new settlers
b. to gain converts for the Roman Catholic Church
c. to build a buffer between Mexicans and Native American in the borderlands
d. to expand the population through immigration
e. to take some of the cotton export business from the U.S. Lower South
Answer: c. to build a buffer between Mexicans and Native American in the borderlands
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