Under the encomienda system,
A) the Catholic Church established schools and hospitals in Indian villages.
B) Individual conquistadors were rewarded with grants of Indian villages, along with the labor and tribute from those villages.
C) Spanish Jesuits undertook the task of converting Indians to the Christian faith.
D) prisoners from Spain were sent to work in New World silver mines for periods ranging from seven years to life.

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The encomienda system was a Spanish colonial policy where individual conquistadors were granted control over Indian villages and had the right to collect tribute and labor from them in exchange for protection and Christianization. The system was exploitative and led to the mistreatment and oppression of indigenous peoples.

Under the Encomienda System