In the Eighteenth Century, Texas and California Were

In the eighteenth century, Texas and California were

A) peripheral to the Spanish empire when compared to possessions in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
B) ceded by the Spanish to the British in the 1763 Peace of Paris Agreement.
C) the economic centers of the Spanish empire in North America.
D) not part of any European empire.
E) the only remaining French colonies in North America after 1763.