FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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mestizo
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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: -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: -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: -Mestizo (fem. mestiza) – a person of extended mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry; Indio (fem.