Answer:
A. To irrigate the land and sell crops
Explanation:
To divert rivers and streams is an irrigation system used since the antiquity to irrigate crops and to extend the sowing areas, now the difficulty of water access and the low rainfall in Texas obligate them to use that system to avoid crop losses and to improve the production capacity, in consequence, to earn the most quantity of money per crop with the minimun investment and expenses.
This violated the separation of powers idea
The separation of powers was that power should be separated between various people or institutions in order to ensure that the government is fair. If the King controls the courts then the courts just act according to the King's will, even if the King does something that is illegal which means that the King is a tyrant and an absolutist.
Control of the Atlantic ocean was a gateway for easy trade between other countries suck as Mexico,Africa,and possibly America. it could have also served as war territory for ships.
