The correct answer is D) "Population in rural areas grew faster than urban areas".
After the <em>Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</em>, where Mexico ultimately gave the US control of Texas in exchange for an economic compensation, the border between both countries was established at the Rio Grande.
This finally paved the way for immigrants to come to Texas and settle in the lands where cotton production was possible, resulting in a rapid growth of rural populations.
Yes it is true he did want to make a independent country
It was "Karl Marx" who envisioned a classless society, with common people in charge of their destiny, since this was the basis of communism, which came to fruition most famously in the Soviet Union.