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Debora [2.8K]
4 years ago
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How were the social classes divided in Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas?

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Tomtit [17]4 years ago
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They were divided according to the origin of the people: people born in Europe (Peninsulares) on top of the hierarchy, then their children born in the New World ( criollos), then mixed children of Europeans and other peoples, then the Indigenous and other people of colour.
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