In the 1820s and 1830s, the missions in California:
A) enslaved even more Indians.
B) saw much of their land turned into rancheros.
C) expanded their influence over events in California.
D) converted nearly all the Indians to Christianity.

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In the 1820s and 1830s, much of the land that had been controlled by the missions in California was secularized and turned into ranchos, as part of the Mexican government's secularization policies. This led to a significant shift in land ownership and use, away from the missions.

In the 1820s and 1830s, the Missions in California