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

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Mestizos were the offspring of Spanish and Native American parents, and by the eighteenth century in Mexico and New Mexico, they had become the majority of the population.

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