Encomienda was a Spanish system of forced labor in which Spanish colonizers were granted the right to collect tribute and labor from native communities in exchange for protecting them and teaching them Christianity. It was a core component of the Spanish colonial system in the Americas.

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Encomienda Were

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Encomienda were

A) a Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor.
B) Spanish officials who supervised local industries
C) taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government.
D) a hybrid tortilla made partly from maize and partly from wheat flower.
E) mission schools set up to educate the Indians.

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