Question

1. The Spanish empire set up a castas system (caste, separation of groups of people). Based on the reading, explain the following terms in just 1-2 sentences:
-Creoles
-Peninuslares
-Meztizo/Mestiza
-"Indians"
-Mulattos

2. What was the relationship between the Creoles and Peninsulares often like?

3. Based on the last couple of pages of the reading and my lecture video, how were the motivations between Spanish Catholics, French Catholics, and British/English Protestants different?

Answer 1

1.The Spanish empire set up a castas system (caste, separation of groups of people). Based on the reading, explain the following terms in just 1-2 sentences:
-Creoles

They are second class citizens. The creoles wanted to establish control over the spanish dominated economy, to

gain political authority over the peninsulares.
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Peninuslares

Peninsulares are any of the colonial residents of Latin America from the 16th through the early 19th

centuries who had been born in Spain.

-Meztizo/Mestiza

Meztizo is a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American

Indian and European descent or in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign descent.
-"Indians"

Indians are the nationals and citizens of India, the second most populous nation in the world.
-Mulattos

A person of mixed white an dblack ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.

2. What was the relationship between the Creoles and Peninsulares often like?

Peninsulares were officials born in Europe who held all the important government positions. Creoles were

descendants of Europeans born in Latin America and they aere treated as second class citizens.