Why was New Mexico important to the Spaniards? a.
New Mexico provided water to the southern neighbors.
b.
New Mexico was a defensive buffer between New Spain and other explorers.
c.
New Mexico produced crops and goods desired in Mexico.
d.
New Mexico was important because the friars had mined so much gold

D: New Mexico was important because the friars had mined so much gold.

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the answer is a. since they were a huge producer of cotton and wanted the most money for it.

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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