Why Did The Creoles Fight

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Creoles were native born whites that had grown resentful of the Peninsulars in the 1700s. The Creoles and Peninsulars had a power struggle in the caste system in the Spanish American society. The Creoles owned the land and most of the population lived under the landowners. The Creoles wanted to keep the people of mixed race down, and opposed successful mixed race people climbing the social ladder and gaining any power. These people had many reasons to rebel against the Creoles, one of which was due to the fact that the Creoles had little interest in changing a social hierarchy they dominated. Fast-forwarding to Mexico in the 1800s, the Creoles dominated the town council of Mexico City, known as a cabildo. The cabildo, run by the Creoles, saw

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