TraditionalresearchhasconfrontedonlyMexicanandUnitedStatesinterpretationsofMexican–Americanculture.NowwemustalsoexaminethecultureasweMexicanAmericanshaveexperiencedit,passingfromasovereignpeoplecompatriotswithnewlyarrivingsettlersto,finallyaconqueredpeople—acharterminorityonourownland. WhentheSpanishfirstcametoMexico,theyintermarriedwithandabsorbedthecultureoftheindigenousIndians.ThispolicyofcolonizationthroughacculturationwascontinuedwhenMexicoacquiredTexasintheearly1800’sandbroughttheindigenousIndiansintoMexicanlifeandgovernment.Inthe1820’sUnitedStatecitizensmigratedtoTexas,attractedbylandsuitableforcotton. Astheirnumbersbecamemoresubstantial,theirpolicyofacquiringlandbysubduingnativepopulationsbegantodominate.Thetwoideologiesclashedrepeatedly,culminationinamilitaryconflictthatledtovictoryfortheUnitedStates.Thus,suddenlyderivedofourparentculture,wehadtoevolveuniquelyMexican-Mexicanmodesofthoughtandactioninordertosurvive. Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthispassageisprimarilyto_____.
A.suggest the motives behind Mexican and United States intervention in Texas B.bring to light previously overlooked research on Mexican Americans C.provide a historical perspective for a new analysis of Mexican–American culture D.document certain early objectives of Mexican- American society正确答案C
