USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Criollo.In New Spain a criollo was a person born in the New World to Spanish-born parents. A criollo, although legally equal to a peninsular, was treated differently with regard to royal appointments to high colonial offices in administration, the military, and the church.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Spanish colonies, an español criollo was an ethnic Spaniard who had been born in the colonies, as opposed to an español peninsular born in Spain.

Detailed explanation-3: –ˈō-(ˌ)yō plural criollos. : a person of pure Spanish descent born in Spanish America. : a person born and usually raised in a Spanish-American country.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -noun, plural cri·ol·las [kree-oh-luhz; Spanish kree-aw-yahs]. a woman or girl born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.