When mexico won its independence from spain in 1821, texas was a spanish colony. owned by the united states. an independent nation. a province of mexico.

The correct answer is - a province of Mexico.

In the period when Mexico gained its independence from Spain, Texas was still part of Mexico and it was one of its provinces. This change soon after though when the United States managed to win over the Texas territory from Mexico and incorporate it into their own territory. Even though Mexico has been trying its best to keep Texas or win it back, it did not had the Spanish support anymore and the United States were much stronger military force so they had to accept the fact that it is a territory that is lost forever.

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while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.