Creoles Take Charge In the 18th century a social group called the Creoles lead many revolutions. Creoles were people of pure Spanish blood who were born in America. They made up about twenty three percent of the population. Creoles fought across Latin America in order to reform the country. The Creoles led the fight for Latin American independence for three main reasons: they wanted political control, economic control, and social control. One reason Creoles led the fight for Latin American independence was their desire for more political control. Creoles were very wealthy but had few high ranking government jobs. For example in 1807 only twelve out of ninety nine judgeships were held by Creoles. The rest were held by another
