The correct answer is B. Even though they were citizens, they had no power to participate in government.
Explanation:
After the arrival of Christopher Columbus to America in 1492 multiple colonies were created in all South America under the government of Spain in most cases and of Portugal in case of Brazil and near territories, this situation also led to the existence of different social sectors in the colonies that some centuries later began a struggle for the power.
In the case of the Creoles, these were people who were descendants of Europeans and African people and who were given in some case administrative or military roles because most of them were descendants of the Spanish colonizers. This means the Creoles were considered as citizens, different to the native or the African slavers and because of this, they had important jobs, but they were excluded from the government, which cause a revolution in the 19th century as Creoles wanted to have the power in government and end with the Spanish rule.
This led to the Spanish American wars of independence led by the Creoles and supported by the lower classes that made Latin American Countries independent from Spain. Thus, the Creoles in Latin America were motivated to revolt against Spain and Portugal because "Even though they were citizens, they had no power to participate in government".
