C is the answer, Many families were separated and their strong family ties, suffered a crippling and traumatic psychological blow.
Juan de Oñate, (1550—1630), was an explorer who was said to first
visit the U.S. river that created a
boundary between America and Mexico. Thus, he established the colony of New
Mexico for Spain. Oñate became successful in settling in the present-day
Southwestern America.
I think it would be Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.