The __________ system in the Spanish colonies granted the use of land and the labor of any indigenous people on it to soldiers, priests, and settlers.

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The encomienda system granted land and the labor of indigenous people to Spanish soldiers, priests, and settlers in the colonies. Peonage refers to a form of debt bondage, hacienda refers to large estates or plantations, and feudal refers to a medieval European system of land ownership and obligation.

The __________ System in the Spanish Colonies Granted the Use