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Why did the Spanish government established the ecomienda in Spanish colonies

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to define the status of the indigenous population

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Encomienda, in Spain's American and Philippine colonies, legal system by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of the indigenous population. It was based upon the practice of exacting tribute from Muslims and Jews during the Reconquista (“Reconquest”) of Muslim Spain.

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to set up a labor supply.

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