how was the colonial class system organized?

Answer 1

In America: You had in Enlish colonies.
1. the gentell class which in a lot of cases were nobility: they were the landed class with large plantations also known as the planter class.
2. Merchants and smaller farmers in a lot of cases these included master craftsmen who owned their own shops.
3. craftsmen
4. laborers
5. endentured servents either endentured to pay off loans or working off sentence for criminal offense commented in England
6. slaves usually from Sub Sahari Africa.
French Colonies in Louisiana things were not nearly as defined.
They had the pure French:
They had the Cajun French which was French and Indian mixed.
After England defeated French and deported the Arcadians from Canada, to Louisiana they had the Arcadian French
They had a large Creole population as well. Orginally Creoles Were North African French of Moorish decent They also owned plantations and had slaves. They varied in compexion from extremely light to extremely dark,
Later on it evolved to where a free black when he aquired enough slaves and enough land was also considered Creole.
then there were the Creoles of Spanish, indian, French, and African origan. Many of whom also were in the planter class or artisian class.
In the New Orleans area there was also a large artisian class of Creoles as well as a large artisian class of free blacks many of whom owned slaves themselves.

Answer 2

Can you be more specific? Do you mean in the British colonies that went on to become the US? Or generally how did class work in conjunction with colonialism?