They were ceded by Mexico following the Mexican-American war
The Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 made it simpler to take away rights from nonwhites later on. These laws made racial partition and imbalance an authoritative issue. They made it less demanding to take away rights from nonwhites later on.
<em>It was first colonized in the 16th century by immigrants from the Iberian Peninsula.</em>
"Polytheists" would be a term that refers to people who believe in more than one god, since the breakdown of the word is "polly" meaning "many" and "theist" meaning "of god".
