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The Spanish colonial system of forcing Native Americans to work for

individual Spaniards in the Americas was known as

(A) peonage

(B) indentured servitude

(C) encomienda

(D) ejido

(E) indigenous diaspora

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Answer:

C. Encomienda

Step-by-step explanation:

Encomienda system is a legal system that was used by the Spanish crown during the Spanish colonization of the Americas

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The Spanish colonial system of forcing Native Americans to work for
individual Spaniards in the Americas was known as the "ecoomienda system," since this was a way for the Europeans to exploit the Natives for labor under the veil of "helping them".
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