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By means of land-labor grants called __________, spanish entrepreneurs were entitled to use forced indigenous or imported slave labor to exploit natural resources in the new world.

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The answer to the question above is Encomienda.
By means of land-labor grants called encomienda, Spanish entrepreneurs were entitled to use forced indigenous or imported slave labor to exploit natural resources to the New World. Encomienda is a Spanish labor system in which a colonists has the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the local inhabitants of the colony.
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