What explains the rise of the ranchos in Mexican California?
a. The Mexican government encouraged northward migration by offering free land for the purposes of cattle raising.
b. Mexico liberalized the Spanish trade restrictions, opening California to trade with foreigners in hide and tallow.
c. There was an increase in the demand for meat as the population of Alta California continued to grow.
d. All of the above are important to the rise of the rancho economy.
Question 2
How did secularization affect the Indian neophytes?
a. Most neophytes became free farmers when the missions were converted to Indian pueblos.
b. They were integrated into Mexican society as workers with full citizenship rights and political autonomy.
c. Most returned to their former lives while others became part of a floating class of homeless, exploitable laborers.
d. They continued to depend on the missions for food and shelter.
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