Question

Which of the following describes the encomienda system set up by the Spanish? (5 points)

A system allowing landowners to grant portions of their land to the slaves who worked it after a certain amount of time had passed

A system that allowed officials to take care of Indians in exchange for labor, but often became enslavement

A system that imported African slaves to farm tobacco plantations in the North America

A system that rewarded certain Native American slaves who performed well by granting them pardons

Answer 1

this is correct, just took the exam:A system that allowed officials to take care of Indians in exchange for labor, but often became enslavement

Answer 2

The correct answer is A system that allowed officials to take care of Indians in exchange for labor, but often became enslavement

The idea was that Spanish officials get the land and the people on it become vassals who work for the officials. They were often punished for insubordination in the same manner that slaves did but this depended on the official since some were better and some were worse.