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What percentage of population includes Indians?

Colonial Society Divided
In Latin American colonial society, class dictated people's place in society
and jobs. At the top of Spanish-American society were the peninsulares
(peh•neen soo•LAH•rehs), people who had been born in Spain, which is on the
Iberian peninsula. They formed a tiny percentage of the population. Only penin-
sulares could hold high office in Spanish colonial government. Creoles,
Spaniards born in Latin America, were below the peninsulares in rank. Creoles
could not hold high-level political office, but they could rise as officers in
The Divisions in Spanish Colonial Society, 1789
Africans (6.4%)
902,000
Mestizos (7.3%)
1,034,000
Mulattos (7.6%)
1,072,000
Peninsulares and
Creoles (22.9%)
3,223,000
EUROPEANS
Total 14,091,000
Indians (55.8%)
7,860,000
Source: Colonial Spanish America,
by Leslie Bethell
Transcribed Image Text:Colonial Society Divided In Latin American colonial society, class dictated people's place in society and jobs. At the top of Spanish-American society were the peninsulares (peh•neen soo•LAH•rehs), people who had been born in Spain, which is on the Iberian peninsula. They formed a tiny percentage of the population. Only penin- sulares could hold high office in Spanish colonial government. Creoles, Spaniards born in Latin America, were below the peninsulares in rank. Creoles could not hold high-level political office, but they could rise as officers in The Divisions in Spanish Colonial Society, 1789 Africans (6.4%) 902,000 Mestizos (7.3%) 1,034,000 Mulattos (7.6%) 1,072,000 Peninsulares and Creoles (22.9%) 3,223,000 EUROPEANS Total 14,091,000 Indians (55.8%) 7,860,000 Source: Colonial Spanish America, by Leslie Bethell
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