Which economic activity employed most Tejanos living in Texas during the 1820s and 1830s?(1 point) Responses working as enslaved laborers on plantations owned by Anglo settlers working as enslaved laborers on plantations owned by Anglo settlers owning large cotton plantations worked by enslaved Black Americans owning large cotton plantations worked by enslaved Black Americans farming small plots of land to raise their own food farming small plots of land to raise their own food serving as part of the Anglo empresario colonies’ militia forces

Answer 1

Most Tejanos living in Texas during the 1820s and 1830s were primarily engaged in farming small plots of land to raise their own food. While some Tejanos were involved in larger agricultural activities, the context of the question emphasizes small-scale farming as the most common economic activity for Tejanos at that time.