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Part of a broader Spanish effort to subdue (forced labor and efforts to Christianize) Indian tribes in the West Indies and on the North American mainland. I need the answer fast and it is a vocabulary word that I am looking for.

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Answer: Encomienda system

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Spanish government's policy to "commend", or give, Indians to certain colonists in return for the promise to Christianize them. Part of a broader Spanish effort to subdue Indian tribes in the West Indies and on the North American mainland.-Encomienda system

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