Who are "mestizos"

a. offspring of Dutchmen and Native American women

b. offspring of Spanish men and Native American women

c. offspring of Englishmen and Native American women

d. offspring of Portuguese men and Native American women

e. offspring of African Americans and Native American women

The correct answer is B. Mestizos were the offspring of Spanish men and Native American women.

Explanation:

The term mestizo was applied by the Spanish Empire in the sixteenth century, to name one of the "castes" or "crosses" that made up the social stratification based on the hierarchy of races, imposed in their colonies in America through the Statutes of cleanliness of blood: the son of a father or mother of "white race" and a mother or father of "Native American race".