In Spanish colonial society, the group in the highest position were the, creoles, mestizos, peninsulares

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In Spanish colonial society, the group in the highest position were the peninsulares. Peninsulares were individuals born in Spain who moved to the colonies and held the most powerful and prestigious positions in colonial administration, church, and society. Following them in the social hierarchy were the creoles, who were of Spanish descent but born in the Americas, and then the mestizos, who were of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.

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