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encomienda. i hate PLATO.
Native Americans provided a good labor source for the Spanish.
The Imperial Spanish government had two primary (and interrelated) objectives towards and against Native Americans. The first was depopulation, subjugation and control through religious conversion, infecting them with European diseases, and militarily through the sword and rifle. The second were economic by exploiting the Native Americans into slave labor.
The location of New Spain was in an area where there were a lot of Native Americans so they took a number of them as slaves or forced labor.
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The Spanish used encomienda by demanding labor from native americans living on the land. The colonists enslaved the Native Americans.
Native Americans and Africans forced into slavery.
The Spanish response to native Americans was generally to either leave them alone or make them slaves. Many tribes were enslaved for plantation and other hard labor.
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.
encomienda
encomienda. i hate PLATO.
Native Americans provided a good labor source for the Spanish.
spanish monarchs granted the conquistadors encomiendas the right to demand labor or tribute from the native americans in a particular area.
Spanish explorers in the Americas had several conflicts with Native Americans, including clashes over land and resources, cultural differences and misunderstanding, forced labor and enslavement, and diseases brought by the Europeans that decimated indigenous populations. These conflicts often led to violence, colonization, and the disruption of Native American societies.
The answer is NATIVE AMERICAN LABOR
The Imperial Spanish government had two primary (and interrelated) objectives towards and against Native Americans. The first was depopulation, subjugation and control through religious conversion, infecting them with European diseases, and militarily through the sword and rifle. The second were economic by exploiting the Native Americans into slave labor.