No. Society in the Spanish colonies was divided into a complex system of Castes. The peninsulares, i.e. Spaniards arrived from the Iberic Peninsula, were at the top, while the natives and black slaves were at the bottom, in the middle were the Criollos (children of Spanish parents but born in the Americas) and the Mestizos (children of a Spanish parent with a native) were in the middle. Each caste was angry for different reasons, the ones at the bottom (black and native slaves) wanted freedom, while criollos and mestizos wanted to be allowed into positions of power.
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