Describe the social class system the Spanish created in the Americas.

The peninsulares were at the top of the social classes and was made up of people who were born in Spain.  

Explanation:

These people were top officials in government and the Church. Second, were the creoles who were American-born descendants of the Spanish settlers. They owned most of the mines, plantations, and ranches.

The social class system of Latin America goes as follows from the most power and fewest people, to those with the least amount of power and the most people: Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattoes, Native Americans and Africans. ... The Roman Catholic Church created these class systems during baptisms.

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