During Texas' period as a Mexican province, policing was handled by which authority, and this arrangement ended after which event?

• A. Mexican federal police; Texas Revolution in 1835
• B. Local sheriffs; Texas statehood
• C. Spanish military; Battle of San Jacinto in 1836
• D. Texas Rangers; Battle of the Alamo

Answer: (C)

Policing in Texas when it was a Mexican province was handled by the Mexican government, with enforcement carried out by the Mexican military and the official civil authorities under Mexican rule. This arrangement ended as Texas fought for its independence in the Texas Revolution, culminating in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, after which Mexican authority over Texas ceased. The other options don’t fit because local sheriffs became prominent after statehood, the Spanish military had already withdrawn with Mexican independence in 1821, the Texas Rangers emerged later as a frontier force, and the Battle of the Alamo was a battle within the revolution, not the event that ends Mexican policing in Texas.