Arranged from greatest privileges to fewest privileges, which is the correct order of the spanish class system?
1) peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, indians, and enslaved persons
2) peninsulares, mestizos, criollos, indians, and enslaved persons
3) criollos, peninsulares, mestizos, indians, and enslaved persons
4) mestizos, peninsulares, criollos, indians, and enslaved persons

The correct answer is - 1) peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, Indians, and enslaved persons.

During the Spanish rule over its numerous colonies, in the societies there was a hierarchical order that was based on the origin and ancestry of the people living in their colonies.

The peninsulares had the highest status, and they were the people born in Spain but living in the colonies.

The criollos were of pure Spanish ancestry, but they were born in the colonies, and had high status, but for a degree lower than the peninsulares, as the government grew a little distrust in them.

The mestizos were the people that were mixed and had both Spanish and Native American ancestry, and were partially restricted in some things.

The Indians were the native people of the colonies, and they were citizens of second class, restricted in lots of things.

The enslaved people were at the bottom and they did not had any rights.