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How were Indigenous peoples treated after Mexican independence?(1 point)

Indigenous peoples gained more protections than they had been given under the Spanish colonial government. Cruelty increased and, in some ways, circumstances were worse for them than during the Spanish colonial government.

Indigenous peoples lost the protections they had been given under the Spanish colonial government. Cruelty increased and, in some ways, circumstances were worse for them than during the Spanish colonial government.

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Indigenous peoples lost the protections they had been given under the Spanish colonial government. Cruelty increased and, in some ways, circumstances were worse for them than during the Spanish colonial government.

Brief explanation: After independence, liberal reforms and land privatization undermined communal land rights and legal protections, leading to dispossession, increased exploitation, and harsher treatment in many areas.