After conquests ended and settlements were built, who stood atop the social hierarchy in spanish america?

Peninsulares,  

These were Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World. Only peninsulares could hold high office in Spanish colonial government. They controlled land, wealth, and power in the Spanish colonies. They were followed in hierarchy by the creoles and then the mestizos,  

i believe we're not a republic so that is a hard question

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.