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23 April, 02:39

Encomienda labor focused most on ... a) Domestic serviceb) Jungle Cleaningc) Plantation Agricultured) Trade and Commerce

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  1. 23 April, 03:04
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    c Plantation Agriculture

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    In the Americas, the Encomienda became a forced labor system.

    Encomenda meaning "Intrust" in Spanish, The Spanish men sent to the colonies were given large shares of land the natives entrusted, by the Spanish kings.

    In the name of the Spanish Crown, the first hacendados were granted land.

    In 1529 Native Americans were forced through the idea they were being converted into Christianity and they farmed tabbaco, sugar, coffee.

    They worked on agriculture at the dispose of their Lords who often owned many plantations at the time.

    Encomiendas slowly turned the native Americans into worse than slaves The encomienda system was devised first to meet the needs of the early agricultural economies in the Caribbean. Later these practices moved to other fields like mining.
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