FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Everyone was considered equal
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Detailed explanation-1: -New Spain first class is called Peninsulares, second is Creoles, Mestizos is the third and last on the list is the Indians.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Spanish colonies, the hierarchical social classes started with the peninsulares, Creoles, mestizos, mulattoes, Native American Indians, and and ended with slaves. The peninsulares were the original Spanish people who came into the colonies, and they held the highest position in the colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The highest social class in New Spain were the Peninsulares, Spaniards who were born in Spain. They stood atop New Spain’s social hierarchy, the Casta system.
Detailed explanation-4: -An elaborate system of social stratification based on skin-color and phenotypical characteristics reinforced the political, economic and social power structure that kept the Spaniards at the top even as the indigenous and African groups were exploited.