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FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Some soldiers Assimilated or absorbed the Native American community by marrying into tribes and moving their wives to the presidios. Their children are called ____ meaning mixed heritage of native American and Spanish cultures.
A
Tejano
B
Mulatto
C
Mestizo
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term mestizo means mixed in Spanish, and is generally used throughout Latin America to describe people of mixed ancestry with a white European and an indigenous background.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some were soldiers or missionaries directly from Spain. Others came as long time residents of New Spain (Mexico). 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of Mestizo The relationship between Cortes and La Malinche grew romantic, eventually producing a son, Martin. This baby, Martin, became one of the first examples of a mestizo, a racial category used in Latin America to describe those with both Native American and European Spanish ancestry.

Detailed explanation-4: -Peninsulares-People born in Spain who could hold the highest offices in the New World. Creoles-Spanish people who were born in the New World. Along with the Peninsulares, they controlled most of the wealth. Mestizos-People of European and Native American ancestry.

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