To reduce conflicts,Spanish policy toward the Pueblo Indians in the eighteenth century involved all of the following EXCEPT
A) toleration of tribal religious rituals.
B) an expansion of the encomienda system.
C) a willingness to permit the Pueblos to own their own land.
D) intensified efforts at assimilating the Pueblos.
E) a stop to the commandeering of Indian labor.

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The encomienda system was a system of forced labor and tribute collection from the Indigenous peoples. The Spanish policy of the eighteenth century aimed to reduce conflicts with the Pueblo Indians, and thus expanded upon the existing policies of tolerating religious practices, allowing land ownership, and ceasing commandeering of Indian labor. Intensifying assimilation efforts would also not be a way to reduce conflicts, thus the correct answer is B, which goes against the goal of reducing conflicts by expanding the encomienda system.

To Reduce Conflicts,Spanish Policy Toward the Pueblo Indians in the Eighteenth