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Describe the social class system the Spanish created in the Americas.

Describe the social class system the Spanish created in the Americas.-example-1

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The social class system of Latin America goes as follows from the most power and fewest people, to those with the least amount of power and the most people: Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattoes, Native Americans and Africans. ... The Roman Catholic Church created these class systems during baptisms.

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The peninsulares were at the top of the social classes and was made up of people who were born in Spain.

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These people were top officials in government and the Church. Second, were the creoles who were American-born descendants of the Spanish settlers. They owned most of the mines, plantations, and ranches.

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