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“[Texas] has advanced at an amazing rate of ruin and destruction. . . . The troops . . . have drained the resources of this country, and laid their hand on everything that could sustain [support] human life.”
—Antonio María Martínez, Governor of Texas
What economically difficult time period does Governor Martínez describe in this passage?
when France threatened Spanish settlements in Texas during the late 1600s
shortly after Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821
when Spanish conquistadores first entered Texas in search of gold
right before Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836
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right before Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836