FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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peninsulares
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mestizos
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presidios
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creoles
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.