Question

Analyze: How did the encomienda system affect American Indians?​

Answer 1

Encomenderos are also mandated through these grants to convert Natives to Christianity and endorse Spanish as their primary language. Native peoples are forced to engage in hard labor and subjected to torture, extreme abuse, and, in some cases, death if they resist (Nies, 1996).

Answer 2

Answer: The effect was heavy depopulation of Indians from brutality and disease leading into African slaves becoming a new labor force.