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The encomienda system was important to the Spanish because it was the first major system of government set up on the New World. However, by 1970, the many rebellions and the discontentment of the encomenderos were about to tear Spain's New World empire apart. If they hadn't abolished it, Spanish America would have reverted to a continent controlled by various warlords. Because they abolished it, they were able to hold onto their empire for much longer.

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