FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos/Mulatos, Africans/Natives.
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Mestizos/Mulatos, Peninsulares, Creoles, Africans/Natives.
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African/Natives, Mestizos/Mulatos, Creoles, Peninsulares.
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Creoles, Peninsulares, Mestizos & Mulatos, African & Natives.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The social class system of Latin America goes as follows from the most power and fewest people, to those with the least amount of power and the most people: Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattoes, Native Americans and Africans.
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: -Like the Indians, Spaniards were also diverse in nature and background. Some were soldiers or missionaries directly from Spain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition of Peninsulares This group was at the pinnacle of the social structure that was created within the colonial order of the Americas. They were entitled to occupy the most important posts in the colonial administration and also had the right to hold the highest ranks within the military and the church.