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It would problably be A.

Explanation:

Firstly, California did not have any big existing coal deposits. Furthermore, California had slaves but not to the point where they depend on them. Lastly, Mormons would not have been able to settle in California since it was too far of a trek and not in their reach. It is A because Mexico did own roughly half of California at one point as well as most of Texas.

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answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.