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

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The expansion of the encomienda system would have likely increased conflicts rather than reduced them, as this system involved enslaving indigenous people and forced labor. The other choices all involve measures that could have potentially reduced conflicts by granting more autonomy and cultural toleration to the Pueblo Indians.

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