What role did the encomienda system play in the search for gold?
a. Native Americans were enslaved to work the silver mines in Mexico.
b. It didn't. The encomienda system was about agriculture.
C. The encomienda system allowed the Native Americans to keep the gold they found.
d. Silver and gold ore was kept locally rather than shipped to Mexico.
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a. Native Americans were enslaved to work the silver mines in Mexico.
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