The casta system brought a change in European economics in the period from 1450 to 1750. It was a period when European were engage in the exploration and expansion in America. The casta system denoted and differentiated people based on their birth in society. In America, the Spanish Empire had mixed-race people with enslaved Africans and Native Americans. After the arrival of Spaniards, new cultural groups beginning to come up known as mestizo and creole. Status determined by the birth and pureblood a Spaniard was. The Peninsulares born in Spain and controlled the political and social positions in colonies. The Criollos were Spaniard born in America. Different social groups in Spanish colonies included Native Americans, enslaved Africans, and mestizos, considered as the lowest class.
