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During his voyage to North America, Champlain encountered various native societies that had adapted to different environments, like the Huron, Algonquin, and Iroquois. His insight into their way of life provided an understanding to how these groups developed complex societies.

The Spanish imposed a racial hierarchy in their American colonies that privileged those of pure European blood.This caste system grouped people into categories based on ancestry and skin color, with social status and rights declining with more indigenous or African blood. At the top were peninsulares, born in Spain,

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