True or False

At the top of the social circle in Spanish colonies were Spaniards born in America.

False.

At the top of the social circle in Spanish colonies were the peninsulares. They were persons of pure Spanish ancestry who were born in Spain and moved to the New World/Americas.

Spaniards who were born in America but still had Spanish parents were called the creoles. Only difference between them and the peninsulares was that the creoles couldn't have jobs reserved for the peninsulares.