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society in colonial Latin America was divided into several classes
indenured servants
They were all social classes in colonial Latin America
They were all social classes in colonial Latin America.
Missions, viziers, mestizo, native Americans
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upper class, middle class, and middle class
In Colonial America, one characteristic was very rigid social classes. Because the people living there came from England, there was a similar structure to what was found in that country: a wealthy upper class of landowners, and a lower class, some of whom were indentured servants. There was also a culture dominated by one religion-- Protestant Christianity.
These were based on ethnicity, thus prompting racism in the colonial regimes throughout Latin America. As a result of this, even today the whiter a person is, the more power and privileges are associated to him/her.
One of the differences between structure and classes socially is that structure is the organization of society, and classes are the stratification within that society. Think of it like a closet, and the different styles of clothes within the closet.
The richest British and French were the 'elite' in Colonial America. Barons and men with military history, or those born into or who inherited wealth, were part of the upper classes. However, most colonists were everyday commoners and British subjects. Britain also sent their lowest classes to the Americas: criminals, the poor,etc. Much later, immigrants had to prove they had the financial means or family to take care of their financial needs.
Marcus Wilson Jernegan has written: 'Laboring and dependent classes in colonial America, 1607-1783' -- subject(s): Public schools, Law, Labor and laboring classes, Public welfare 'Slavery and conversion in the American colonies'