When the war for mexican independence began in 1810 the area of texas was

Explanation:

Texas was  part of Spain.

In 1810, the initial revolt called for by the Mexican Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, occurred after the Cry of Dolores (Grito de Dolores), and occurred in the city of Dolores, Mexico. This was in the province of Guantano and was more centered in Central Mexico. At the time of the 1810 Texas was under Spain's Control still

answer

explanation

the given equation is

we can rewrite this as:

let

then the equation becomes:

the factors of 8 that sum up to -9 are {-1,-8}

we split the middle term with these factors to obtain,

we factor by grouping to obtain:

apply the zero product property to get:

but

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.