During his time in office, Mier y Teran was concerned over the inability of incoming American settlers to adapt to the Mexican cultures. Mier y Teran's health was failing and he felt hopeless about the problems of the colonization in Texas.
"B. the passage of laws banning discrimination" was shared by the women's rights movement and the Civil Rights movement. For the women it was primarily discrimination in voting, and for the Civil Rights movement it was mainly job and facility discrimination.
