Answer:
A - The criollos were denied political power in their homeland because they had not been born in Spain; (took the test)
Explanation:
Criollos were denied the power they thought they were due merely because of the location of their birth--the colonies rather than the "motherland" of Spain. The criollos embraced the Enlightenment ideal of equality as a way to provide them with power equal to other Spaniards in the New World.