Both the sugar and silver colonies developed a social structure that was based off of wealth and skin color. The sugar colonies hierarchy had the slave owners at the top, with the farmers second, after the farmers was the plantation owner’s wife, and at the bottom were the African Americans and Native Americans. The silver colony hierarchy had the Peninsulares at the top with the creoles following, then the Metizo, and the Multo with the indigenous people and the Africans at the bottom. The social class structure of the sugar and silver colonies were very similar because the lighter skin and the male gender had the most power, while the darker skin and female gender didn't have that much power. There was a lot of discrimination towards African
