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FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In this social class, the people were of mixed Spanish and Indian background. They worked on farms and ranches. In cities, they worked as carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, and bakers, and eventually became the largest class of people.
A
mestizos
B
creoles
C
peninsulares
D
slaves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Below the creoles were people of mixed Spanish and Indian background, known as mestizos. Mestizos worked on farms and ranches owned by peninsulares and creoles. In the cities, they worked as carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, and bakers.

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

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1493, during his second voyage, Columbus founded Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the New World, on Hispaniola. After finding gold in recoverable quantities nearby, the Spanish quickly overran the island and spread to Puerto Rico in 1508, to Jamaica in 1509, and to Cuba in 1511.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most significant result of the Spanish colonization of Central and South America was the spread of the Spanish language to that area. After Mandarin, Spanish is the second most widely-spoken language in the world.

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