In 1832, Texans resolved that Texas would become which political arrangement within Mexico?

• A. A separate Mexican state
• B. A US state
• C. An independent republic
• D. A Mexican province

Answer: (A)

This item tests understanding of Texas’s status inside Mexico in the early 1830s and the push for more local control. Texans at that time argued that Texas should be a separate Mexican state within the Mexican federation rather than a part of Coahuila y Tejas. Being a separate state would mean its own governor, its own Legislature, and representation in the national Congress, giving Texas more autonomy under the federal system Mexico had (at that time) rather than being governed as a single, larger province.

So the idea pursued was to become a distinct state within Mexico, not a U.S. state, not an independent country yet, and not simply a Mexican province.