Question

Arranged from greatest privileges to fewest privileges, which is the correct order of the Spanish class system? peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons peninsulares, mestizos, criollos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons criollos, peninsulares, mestizos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons mestizos, peninsulares, criollos, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved persons

Answer 1

Answer: its A

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Answer 2

The correct order of the Spanish class system arranged from greatest privileges to fewest privileges is:

1. Peninsulares

2. Criollos

3. Mestizos

4. Indigenous peoples

5. Enslaved persons

Peninsulares were Spaniards born in Spain, and they held the highest positions of power and authority in the Spanish colonies. Criollos were people of Spanish descent born in the colonies, and while they were not as privileged as Peninsulares, they still held significant power and influence. Mestizos were people of mixed Spanish and Indigenous ancestry, followed by Indigenous peoples, who were subjected to a range of discriminatory policies and practices by the Spanish colonial authorities. Enslaved persons, who were primarily Africans brought to the colonies against their will, were at the bottom of the social hierarchy and had the fewest privileges and the least amount of power.