What group was at the top of social scale in New Spain?

A) peninsulares
B) creoles
C) mestizos
D) indians

Mestizos?

A. Peninsulares - a full blooded Spanish person born in the America's - New Spain.

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Originally Posted by baby_milou

What group was at the top of social scale in New Spain?

A) peninsulares
B) creoles
C) mestizos
D) indians

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Since it seems like homework I will only provide a hint. It wasn't just in New Spain or Mexico that this situation existed--it was in all of Spain's colonies. That's one of the main reasons the colonies sought independence.

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Originally Posted by shygrneyzs

A. Peninsulares - a full blooded Spanish person born in the America's - New Spain.

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Spaniards born in Spain = Peninsulares

Spaniards born in Americas or other Spanish colonies = Criollos or Creoles

Mestizo = Half Indian half Spaniard

Quia - Chapter 4 section 1 The Rise of New Spain

The inequalities of life under the caste system

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Originally Posted by baby_milou

What group was at the top of social scale in New Spain?

A) peninsulares
B) creoles
C) mestizos
D) indians

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New Spain was the name of the viceroy-ruled territories of the Spanish Empire in Asia, North America, including the southwest United States-beginning in 1535 and lasting until 1821.
So you can add to your list… the Habsburg senior line, for about 200 hundred of those years

Yes, the kids come out thinking Mexico is the 'New Spain.'