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In 1549, the spanish government issued the repartimiento, which

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limited the amount of labor Indians had to perform.

The repartimiento system was a law that initially allowed Spanish colonists to take a portion of the native population to use as forced labor. However, the system began to be abused by the colonists who used a much higher percentage of workers were constantly used for forced labor

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