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What does Bethell mean when he writes, "If the Creoles had one eye on their masters, they kept the other on their servants"? conscious social position, not friendly w/ peninsulares but worried from lower class revolution Which social classes were challenging the idea of "white superiority"? Indians, mestizos, free blacks, mulattos, slaves What did Creoles think about "colored people" or people of Native, African or mixed ancestry? Didn’t want to share power w/ them Father Hidalgo led the revolt in Mexico that is featured in Document E. What does document F suggest about how most Creoles reacted to that revolt? Creoles uncomfortable w/ father hidalgo, worried he’d cause social problems. Why could the Creoles no longer count on the Spanish government

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