FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Spaniards born in Spain living in Spanish colonies. Most important in social hierarchy.
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Children of Spaniards born in Spanish colonies. (Second in social hierarchy.
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Children of one Spaniard parent and one Indian or Native American.
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Spaniard born in Spain and lived in Spain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term peninsulares is defined as Spaniards living in the Spanish colonies who were born in Spain. Their status as born in Spain gave them the highest social status in the colonies and they occupied the most important positions of power in the caste, or casta system, in the colonies.
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: -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: -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.