What happened under the constitution of independent Texas?
a. People of color had had more freedoms and rights when Mexico previously controlled Texas.
b. Slavery was banned.
c. The government would respect Comanche territory.
d. Land sales by private sellers were prohibited.
e. Rights and privileges for free blacks expanded.
Ans: a. People of color had had more freedoms and rights when Mexico previously controlled Texas.
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A) women B) slaves C) Federalists D) Antifederalists
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a. a veneer for the exercise of autocratic power. b. a means to strengthen the military power of relatively backwards states. c. benign rule based upon beliefs in the importance of justice and prosperity. d. All of these answers are correct.