USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The encomienda system permitted the Spanish Crown to convert its invading army of conquistadors into colonial settlers, but the system’s flaws – maltreatment and significant population reductions from diseases – meant that it was eventually replaced by a system of low-paid labour and large estate management.

Detailed explanation-2: -The encomienda (Spanish pronunciation: [eŋkoˈmjenda] ( listen)) was a Spanish slave labour system that rewarded conquerors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. The labourers, in theory, were provided with benefits by the conquerors for whom they laboured, including military protection and education.

Detailed explanation-3: -In exchange for the stolen labor of Indigenous people and tribute, the Spanish lord would provide protection and education. In reality, however, the encomienda system was thinly-masked enslavement and led to some of the worst horrors of the colonial era.

Detailed explanation-4: -The encomienda system was a Spanish labor system in which the Spanish monarch awarded Spaniards with the labor of non-Christian people. It was different from other communal slavery systems in the early modern world because it was sharply focused on labor, not land or natural resources.