According to the passage, the two aspects that were part of an empresario's job are:
B inviting settlers who would obey the law
D dividing up land for settlers to use
So, the correct answers are B and D.
exico gained its independence from Spain in 1821. The new Mexican government wanted Texas to have more people who would support Mexico. The Mexican government believed having more loyal people in Texas would protect Mexican citizens from Comanche raids.
Read the following passage. Then answer the question below.
The Mexican government agreed to contracts with businessmen called empresarios. An empresario recruited Anglos, or white settlers from the United States, to move to Texas. He or she offered settlers inexpensive land and the chance to make money on farms and ranches. Empresarios' contracts required them to do certain things:
make sure that the people they brought to Texas would follow the law, learn Spanish, and practice the Catholic faith
separate the land that the Mexican government gave them into smaller shares for the settlers they brought to Texas
The Mexican government believed that making the settlers speak the same language and practice the same religion as Mexican citizens would make them loyal to Mexico.
If an empresario brought enough families to Texas, he or she would get a large piece of land for himself.
According to the passage, which of the following were part of an empresario's job? Select the two that apply.

serving as Catholic priests in local churches

inviting settlers who would obey the law

working as farmers on settlers' land

dividing up land for settlers to use
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A serving as catholic in local churches
b inviting settlers who would oby the law
c working as farmer on settlers land
d divding up land for settlers to use
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