In the 1540s, in an effort to transition away from the encomienda system, Spain introduced rotating assignments, or _________, which established an obligation by villagers to send stipulated numbers of people as laborers to a contractor.

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Repartimientos were introduced by Spain as a system to replace the encomienda system. This system required villagers to send a certain number of people as laborers to a contractor, rotating the assignments among the villagers.

In the 1540s, in an Effort to Transition Away from the Encomienda