WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Peninsulares had political authority in Latin America, obtaining positions such as Viceroys within New Spain. Below the Peninsulares were American born Spaniards (Creoles) who maintained the second class citizen status, not allowed certain jobs such as that of a Viceroy.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. Creoles were next in line.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the struggle for Latin America Independence, the peninsulares who were born in Spain and had major power of Latin America. The Creoles who were born in Latin America, but with the ancestry of the Peninsulares, had lower power than the Peninsulares.