GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Latin American colonies, individuals that were born in Spain and then moved to the Americas were in the highest class. They were called peninsulares because they were born on the Spanish peninsula. These powerful elite only made up two percent of the population. Creoles were next in line.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peninsulares were people born in Spain who migrated to the colonies. Peninsulares made up less than 1% of the colonial population. Some peninsulares were very wealthy, but not all, Peninsulares worked in high-ranking jobs in the government, military and church.

Detailed explanation-3: -Distinctions were made between criollos, those born in the Americas, and peninsulares, those born in Spain. Criollos were considered inferior to those who came from the mother country. Those persons of mixed race-Indian and Spaniard-known as mestizos, were one of the most rapidly growing groups in frontier society.