Question

Under Spanish Rule, Latin American society had characteristics that violated Enlightenment concepts of equality for all, and natural rights. Which answer below is an example of this violation of Enlightenment rights?

A. Constitutional guarantee of rights.

B. A rigid social class system strictly determined by birth, which granted rights to some and restricted rights from others.

C. Consent of the governed allowing the government to operate on the social contract.

Answer 1

An example of violation of Enlightenment rights in Latin America under Spanish Rule is B. A rigid social class system strictly determined by birth, which granted rights to some and restricted rights from others.

There was a complex race system that asignated each individual its place in society according to its ascendency: metropolitan, colonial, indian, black, white. The other two are examples of Enlightenment rights that weren't respected until after independence.