Question

Drag each feature to the correct category. Identify the characteristics of each system that Europeans established in the Americas. It was introduced by Spanish colonists. It was introduced by English colonists. Officers received grants in the form of American Indians. Tobacco plantation owners paid for the voyages of laborers coming from Europe. Indentured servants were an important part of the system. Conversion to Christianity was an important part of the system.

Answer 1

Headright System / Spanish Colonists

1 = Officers received grants in the form of American Indians.

2 = Conversion to Christianity was an important part of the system.

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Encomienda System / English Colonists

1 = Tobacco plantation owners paid for the voyages of laborers coming from Europe.

2 = Indentured servants were an important part of the system.

Answer 2

It was introduced by Spanish colonists.

• Officers received grants in the form of American Indians ⇒ Native Americans were often granted to Spanish officials for use in their land. Spanish regulation stated that when a Spanish official was granted land, any Native living on the land had to work for the Spanish official.

• Conversion to Christianity was an important part of the system ⇒ The Spanish were deep Catholics and insisted on the conversion of the Natives in their territories.

It was introduced by English colonists.

• Tobacco plantation owners paid for the voyages of laborers coming from Europe. ⇒ Before plantation owners started relying on enslaved labor, they used indentured servants and paid for their voyages to America where the laborers would then work off these expenses by working on the plantation.

• Indentured servants were an important part of the system. ⇒ Indentured servants were very useful for labor in the early settlements started by the English.