Question

Why did the Spanish government establish the encomienda system in the Spanish colonies?

Answer 1

Why did the Spanish government establish the encomienda system in the Spanish colonies?

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❥ Because the original intent of the encomienda was to reduce the abuses of forced labour (repartimiento) employed shortly after Europeans' 15th-century discovery of the New World, in practice it became a form of enslavement.

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Answer 2

Answer:

to provide an incentive for conquistadors to conquer new territories and to provide free labour to extract wealth from the colonies

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