2 which social classes were challenging the idea of

2. Which social classes were challenging the idea of “white superiority”?
3. What did Creoles think about “coloured people” or people of Native, African, or mixed ancestry?
4. Father Hidalgo led the revolt in Mexico that is featured in Document E. What does document F suggest about how
most Creoles reacted to that revolt?
5. Why could the Creoles no longer count on the Spanish government to control social unrest after 1808? 6. How could you use this document to answer the question, why did the Creoles take the lead in the fight for
independence?

Talk about the wanted to ensure an uprising against them didn’t happen and they needed to protect their property
from the lower social classes.
Part II: Now that you have read and analyzed the documents, formulate a thesis statement. 1. Write your thesis
statement. 2. Write the 3 topic sentences of the supporting paragraphs you would write, if it was an essay. 3. Under
each of the topic sentences, indicate which documents you would use to support that topic sentence.
1) Spanish rule in the Americas during the early 1800’s was unjust and cruel towards all social classes lower than
the Peninsulares, taking away their land, religion, power, and liberties as people.
2) Topic Sentences:
a) Peninsulares took away political power and religion from lower classes, such as the Creoles, so that
the Peninsulares could remain the sole proprietors of the Americas.
i) Documents A, B, C, E
b) Peninsulares took away certain liberties and rights that the people of the Americas, specifically the
Creoles, thought they deserved and should have.
i) Documents A, B, C, E
c) Creoles felt economic oppression from the Peninsulares that gave no regard to the interests of the
Creoles.
i) Documents A, D, F