encomiendas
Encomienda
Native Americans provided a good labor source for the Spanish.
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They had the available land and a shortage of labor to meet their needs. Their cash crop was the labor intensive tobacco plant from which they could derive huge profits if only they had adequate and conpliant labor.
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spanish monarchs granted the conquistadors encomiendas the right to demand labor or tribute from the native americans in a particular area.
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encomienda
Encomienda
The right, granted to conquistadors, to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans living on the land.I do not know if this answer is right but I'm pretty sure it isNo, what you described is Encomienda. Missions taught Natives how to read and write in their own languages, and also converted them to Christianity.
Encomienda
They never really tried to enslave the Native Americans. Th Spanish did use Native Americans as slaves in mines and missions. The African slave trade solved all labor problems.
The native Americans such as Aztecs.
The Spanish used encomienda by demanding labor from native americans living on the land. The colonists enslaved the Native Americans.
African slaves replaced Native Americans as the primary labor sources in Latin America because Native American populations experienced devastating population declines due to diseases brought by Europeans and harsh working conditions in mines and plantations. African slaves were seen as more resistant to European diseases and better suited for the demands of large-scale agricultural work. This led to the widespread use of African slaves in Latin America to meet the growing labor needs of the colonizers.
Native Americans and Africans forced into slavery.
Blacks and Native Americans