Unit 5.2 - Mexican Independence and Caste System

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Mexican Independence and caste system

• ​The Spanish Caste

System in New Spain

was a racial and social

order

• Pure Europeans, born in

Europe (Spain) were at

the top, just because

of their ancestry and

where they were born

Reorder

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Order the following social classes from the MOST powerful to the LEAST powerful

• Peninsulares

• Criollos

• Mestizos/Mulattos

• Indians

• Enslaved People

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Drag and Drop

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had LESS power than Peninsulares/Criollos because they were​

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, but had more power than Indians and enslaved people because they had some ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Mestizos

mixed race

Spanish blood

Indians

enslaved people

British

a single race

natives

French Blood

Power

Multiple Select

What factor(s) caused people to have more power than others in New Spain?

• Place of birth

• Amount of Spanish Blood

• Military

  Courage

• Ability to read

Open Ended

How would being at the TOP of caste system make you feel? Why?

Answer with the following sentence stem...

Being at the TOP of the caste system would make me feel___________________ because____________________

Open Ended

How would being at the BOTTOM of caste system make you feel? Why?

Answer with the following sentence stem...

Being at the BOTTOM of the caste system would make me feel___________________ because____________________

Open Ended

If you were NOT at the top of the caste system, would you want to be? What you do in order to be at the top?

Use the following sentence stem...

If I was NOT at the top of the caste system, I would/would not want to be. In order to be at the top I would...