How did chattel slavery and the encomienda system develop and impact the Americas?(1 point)

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Each system developed as a way of ensuring labor for colonizers. Each system was based on national origin, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.
Each system developed as a way of ensuring labor for colonizers. Each system was based on national origin, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.

Each system developed as a way of ensuring labor for colonizers. Each system was based on race, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.
Each system developed as a way of ensuring labor for colonizers. Each system was based on race, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.

Each system developed as a way of ensuring a steady supply of food for the Americas. Each system was based on race, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.
Each system developed as a way of ensuring a steady supply of food for the Americas. Each system was based on race, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.

Each system developed as a way of ensuring labor for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Each system was based on race, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.

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The most accurate response is:

Each system developed as a way of ensuring labor for colonizers. Each system was based on race, which has had long-term effects on the structure of the societies of the Americas.

This response correctly identifies the purpose of both chattel slavery and the encomienda system as means to secure labor for colonial enterprises, and it highlights the racial foundations of these systems, which have indeed had lasting impacts on social structures in the Americas.