Which statements accurately describe the social structure of the Spanish colonies? Choose all answers that are correct. Mixed race people called Mestizo were free but usually poor. Those who came from Spain, peninsulares, held all the power and wealth and the best positions in the colonies. People of Spanish descent born in America were called Creoles and rarely obtained jobs with the government. Native peoples suffered from prejudice because they refused to work as hard as the Creoles did. The social structure became more flexible as lower classes gained wealth and power.