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Content: Social classes started to develop after a lot of people arrived. A social class is a way of ranking people. Some people are more powerful, and some people are less powerful. The people can be ranked on how much money they make, the jobs they have, or whether they own land. In Colonial America, there were three main social classes. They were the gentry, the middle class, and the poor. 2     The highest class was the gentry. They could vote. They were rich enough to own their own mansions and carriages. In the mansion, they might have a library and a collection of furniture.