Which economic activity employed most Tejanos living in Texas during the 1820s and 1830s?(1 point)

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serving as part of the Anglo empresario colonies’ militia forces
serving as part of the Anglo empresario colonies’ militia forces

farming small plots of land to raise their own food
farming small plots of land to raise their own food

owning large cotton plantations worked by enslaved Black Americans
owning large cotton plantations worked by enslaved Black Americans

working as enslaved laborers on plantations owned by Anglo settlers

Answer 1

During the 1820s and 1830s, the economic activity that employed most Tejanos living in Texas was primarily farming small plots of land to raise their own food. While some Tejanos were involved in other economic activities, many relied on subsistence farming.