How did the South Texas elite interact with the Anglo settlers?

A. Anglo settlers worked for South Texas elite.
B. Anglos worked to dominate the South Texas elite.
C. The elite of South Texas ignored the Anglos.
D. The elite of South Texas welcomed the Anglos.
I don't have an answer yet. Can anyone help?

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As my family was embroiled in this during the 1830's, I know well the issues in our family history. The question answer depends on when: 1820s, or 1830s as things were rapidly changing. During the first ten years, the land grant empresarios consisted of "trash" coming from the US, including Moses Austin. Those that followed were hardly heroes. My family moved out of the Austin Grant because of his dictatorial attitudes and actions, and eventually settled just North of the Austin Grant (we now have land just NW of the original grant). As time went on, in the 1830's settlers became more aggressive in their culture...they refused to become "mexican", spoke English only, were not Catholic (as the original grants required), and were fraught with lack of civil courts to settle issues. So initially, the leadership of the anglos (Empresarios) were "friendly" to the elite Mexican as it was their source of power, but as time went on, there was conflict. The Mexican elite, and the government of now Mexico, sensed that the settlers were not fitting in with what the elite wanted to encourage. The elite believed that the settlers were rebellious and looking to join the US.
So my perspective, B is what happened in the late 1830s, and is why the eventual conflict ensued. The following is valuable reading: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uma01

Thanks for a fascinating post, Bob.

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