Which of the Following Statements About the Encomienda System Is

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the encomienda system is accurate?

• A) It kept the Portuguese out of Mexico.
• B) It allowed privileged Spanish landowners to control Indian villages.
• C) It benefited the Native American populations of Spanish America.
• D) It allowed Mayan and Incan leaders to become very wealthy through the labor
• Of their people.
• E) It was replicated by the English in their later "New" World colonies.

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