By the Eighteenth Century, Mestizos Made Up a Majority of the Population

Multiple Choice

By the eighteenth century, mestizos made up a majority of the population in Mexico and New Mexico. Who were they?

A) Catholic missionaries and priests who lived among the Aztecs
B) Native Americans targeted by the Spanish for being particularly polytheistic
C) the wives of conquistadores who made the voyage from Spain
D) Spanish and Portuguese ranchers and their families
E) the offspring of Spanish and Native American parents