The institution of encomienda allowed the
A) native people to enslave members of other tribes.
B) Europeans to marry Native Americans.
C) European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them.
D) governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indian slavery and to establish African slavery.
E) Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism.

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The encomienda system was a Spanish labor system that granted colonists the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the indigenous inhabitants of an area in exchange for providing them with protection and Christian teachings.

The Institution of Encomienda Allowed the