Migration from Mexico and Latin America started after the Mexican-American War, bringing elements of Mexican culture to the U.S.
• Cowboys and ranchers were very isolated and did not interact much with the majority of Texans.
Indigenous groups traded knowledge with Spanish colonizers, exchanging information for cultural elements, sometimes via forced assimilation.
British Protestants settled in order to gain religious freedom.
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The statement that best describes one of the ways cultural patterns influenced diffusion in Texas is:
"Migration from Mexico and Latin America started after the Mexican-American War, bringing elements of Mexican culture to the U.S."
This accurately reflects how cultural diffusion occurred as people migrated, bringing their customs, traditions, and influences into Texas and shaping its cultural identity.
