Which best describes how Mexican leaders reacted when large numbers of Americans settled in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s? They tried to prevent Americans from moving to Texas. They encouraged the Comanche to attack American settlers. They encouraged American settlers, as long as they became loyal Mexican subjects and converted to Catholicism..

Which best describes how Mexican leaders reacted when large numbers of Americans settled in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s? They tried to prevent Americans from moving to Texas. They encouraged the Comanche to attack American settlers. They encouraged American settlers, as long as they became loyal Mexican subjects and converted to Catholicism..