mestizos

Mestizos were people of mixed Eur opean and Indian descendents in Mesoamerica and South America. After the death of many Native Americans due to diseases and harsh labor, many Mestizos were forced to work on encomiendas. In the social stratification, Mestizos were under Peninsulares as well as Creoles, and were placed in the same class as the Mulattos.

http://worldhistorythomas.wetpaint.com/page/Creole

http://www2.truman.edu/~marc/webpages/andean2k/conquest/mestizo.html

 Created by Christina Oelsner 12/6/08 extra credit Edited by Danielle Fishman 12/7/06