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What factors determined social class in the spanish colonies?
Peninsulares were people originally born in the actual country of Spain but then they came to the colonies to settle. They had the highest positions to work. They usually obtained jobs as government and church officials. Creoles were the second highest class, the were considered the middle class. These people, unlike peninsulares were born not in Spain, but in the spanish colonies. They also had high jobs but never as high as penninsulares. They usually served as merchants, businessmen and sometimes farmers. Mestizos were the second to last class. They were born as a mix of Indian and Spanish parents. These were mostly in jobs of peasantry and farming. Last, Mulattoes were the lowest of the low. These people had a mix of wither spanish and African parents or Indian and African parents. As you can see, the African blood was vry undesirable to the Spaniards.
What are Primary Sources from the Spanish Colonies?
Writings from the time period of Spanish colonization.
How did events in Europe led to revolution in the Spanish colonies?
After Europe was in control, Spanish colonies were encouraged to get their land back and take control. It led to many revolutions like the French Revolution and Ind. Revolution.
What was the primary economic policy used by the Spanish with their Latin American colonies?
Mercantilism
What was Georgia a buffer colony for?
Georgia was a buffer to protect England's colonies from Spain and France, whose colonies in Florida and Louisiana, respectively, were very close to Georgia and England's other colonies in the South.
