• peninsulares- At the top of Spanish American society, men who were born in Spain and could hold high office in Spanish colonial government.
• creoles- Spaniards born in Latin America, ranked after the peninsulares. They couldn't hold high political office but could rise as officers in the Spanish colonial armies.
• mulattos- People of mixed Europeans and African ancestry.
• Simón Bolívar- A wealthy creole who helped many nations gained its independence such as Venezuela.
• José de San Martín- A general who helped Latin American's nations gained its independence such as Argentina.
• Miguel Hidalgo- A priest in the village of Dolores who issued a call for rebellion against the Spanish.
• José Morelos- The leader of the rebels who led the rebellion against eh Spanish after Miguel Hidalgo's defeat.