Answer:
Option: a higher rate of migration from the parent country
Step-by-step explanation:
The pyramid of social hierarchies in Spanish colonies difference from the European colonies in America because of the high migration of Spanish people from Spain. The Peninsulares were born in Spain, and they controlled the social and political positions in colonies as they acknowledged to be higher. After the Peninsulares came the Criollos who were pure-blooded Spaniard born in the Americas. Other social groups in Spanish colonies included mestizos, Native Americans and enslaved people (Africans).