Choose the statements that CORRECTLY describes the social classification system that existed in Colonial Latin America.
Peninsulares were people born in Europe,
Creoles had the most power in early colonial Latin America
Mestizos were people of European and Amerindian heritage.
Mullatoes were people of African and Amerindian heritage
Over time mestizos would constitute a majority of Latin American population.
Creoles were usually of mixed racial or ethnic hentage
Peninsulares made up the smallest percentage of the population

First Class - Peninsulares: Descendents from Latin American colonies. They were elite wealthy mostly born in Spain (in Europe) considered as the highest in the social class order. They had their own plantations and slaves. They were highly influential in administration of church affairs.

Second Class - Mestizoes: The Whites originating from Latin America with European and Amerindian heritage. Although, the Creoles were also landowners and highly influential, the Peninsulares were considered high because of their Europeon origin.

Third Class: The Mestizos and Mullatos formed the third class of society. The Mestizos originated from Native America and Europe and this mixed race features gave them the appearance to be better accepted than the Native Americans but still not above the first and second class groups.

The Mulattos being a mixed race origin from Europe and Africa were mostly slaves with few wealthy mulattos. Hence they did not enjoy much privilege like the others .

kasliwalalvi24 kasliwalalvi24 · Answer 2 · 2022-01-05T11:27:20+01:00

Colonial Latin America refers to the European colonization by the countries like Spain, France, and Portugal. These countries greatly influenced Latin America.

The statements that are correct about Colonial Latin America are

Peninsulares were people born in Europe
Mestizos were people of European and Amerindian heritage

Mestizoes are the descendants of the Latin American colonies. They were elite and were born in Spain. They had their own plantations and slaves and were considered the highest in the social class. They were highly influential and administered church affairs.

Peninsular was also considered as the second-class mestizoes. they were white and originated from the European and American heritage. They were also influential and had high order in society because of European origin.

Thus, the correct statements are statement 1 and statement 3.

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