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Why The Creoles Revolted?

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In the 16th Century, when the Spanish took control of parts of the Americas, social classes among the people developed. They were all based off of your ranges of racial mixing and social value. These classes included Spanish, Native Americans, African slaves and mixes between all three races. Three hundred years later, The Creoles, of 100% Spanish blood, but born in the Americas, were the ones who started the revolution for independence from Spain. In this case, they are pretty much fighting against their own kind. The reason why the Creoles revolted is because of the need to govern their own land, to gain economic control, and because of Spanish and Creole rivalry. In the beginning when social classes were first developed, they put certain
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