Peninsulares
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Peninsulares
Peninsulares were individuals who were born in Spain and held the highest social status in the Spanish colonial caste system. They were often placed in top administrative positions and had significant economic and political power in the colonies.
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Peninsulares
Peninsulares were individuals born in Spain and held the highest social status in the Spanish colonial caste system. They were considered superior to Creoles, who were individuals of Spanish descent born in the colonies, and came to occupy top government and church positions in the colonies.
Peninsulares were the highest social class in the Spanish caste system during the colonial period in Latin America. They were individuals born in Spain who moved to the colonies, holding significant political, economic, and social power. This group was often seen as superior to other classes, such as Creoles (those of Spanish descent born in the colonies), mestizos, and indigenous peoples. Their privileged status contributed to social stratification and tensions within colonial society.
Peninsulares were individuals who were born in Spain and held the highest social status in the Spanish colonial caste system in the Americas. They enjoyed privileges such as better job opportunities, political power, and higher social standing compared to individuals of mixed-race descent or those born in the colonies.
many independence movements were fed by Creole elites' resentment at being considered inferior to peninsulares.
The Spanish caste system was structured with the peninsulares (born in Spain) at the top, followed by creoles (Spaniards born in the Americas), mestizos (mixed European and Indigenous ancestry), indigenous people, and African slaves at the bottom. The term that would fit in the sixth box of the chart to reflect the Spanish caste system would be "mulattos," individuals of mixed European and African ancestry.
To my knowledge a Peninsulare is a European born white who lived in Spanish colonies in the new world. They had only European ancestry and had been born in Europe before they moved to the new world. They were at the top of the caste system in New Spain.