USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -peninsulares) was a Spaniard born in Spain residing in the New World, Spanish East Indies, or Spanish Guinea. Nowadays, the word peninsulares makes reference to Peninsular Spain and in contrast to the “islanders” (isleños), from the Balearic or Canary Islands or the territories of Ceuta and Melilla.

Detailed explanation-2: -Distinctions were made between criollos, those born in the Americas, and peninsulares, those born in Spain.

Detailed explanation-3: -peninsular, Spanish Peninsular, plural Peninsulares, also called Gachupín, or Chapetón, any of the colonial residents of Latin America from the 16th through the early 19th centuries who had been born in Spain. The name refers to the Iberian Peninsula.

Detailed explanation-4: -Peninsulares were born on the Iberian Peninsula and moved to the colonies.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.