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Colonial society was divided into five main groups: 1) Peninsular Spaniards who were landowners and held government positions, 2) Creoles who were children of Spaniards born in America and held minor government positions, 3) Mestizos who were of mixed Spanish and Indigenous descent and engaged in trade and crafts, 4) Indigenous people who worked in mines, agriculture, and domestic labor.

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