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They were the 4 classes established in to the native Americans AFTER the Europeans arrived in South America.
At the top of the Spanish-American society were the peninsulares or europeos.Creoles were below the peninsulares. Below that were the mestizos. Next were the native americans, and the enslaved free blacks, and slaves were at the bottom of the social ladder.
Yes they did stand at the top of the hierarchy. The Latin american hierarchy went: Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattos, Native Americans and Africans.
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Mestizos, Mulattoes, Indians, and Blacks.
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Most Powerful to Least Powerful Peninsulares: Spaniards by blood who were born in Spain Creoles/Criollos: Spaniards by blood who were born in Latin America Mestizos: Latin Americas who had Spanish blood and Native American blood Indígenas: Native Americans by blood Slaves: Africans who were enslaved in Latin America
The class system in Latin American countries is often organized along socio-economic lines, with distinct social classes based on income, education, and occupation. It is typically divided into upper class (wealthy elites and professionals), middle class (white-collar workers and small business owners), and lower class (manual laborers and the poor). There are also overlaps with racial and ethnic hierarchies in some countries, with indigenous and Afro-Latinx populations often facing discrimination and marginalization.
They were all social classes in colonial Latin America.
Peninsulares Criollos Mestizos Freed Slaves Indians Black Slaves