Question
The __________- system that helped provide labor for the Spanish mines and sugar plantations.
captaincies
encomienda
residencia
audiencia
captaincies
encomienda
residencia
audiencia
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct term to fill in the blank is **encomienda**.
The encomienda system was a labor system instituted by the Spanish in the Americas, which granted colonists the authority to extract labor from Indigenous peoples in exchange for providing them with protection and religious instruction.
The encomienda system was a labor system instituted by the Spanish in the Americas, which granted colonists the authority to extract labor from Indigenous peoples in exchange for providing them with protection and religious instruction.