What Was the Benefit to the Spanish Crown of an Encomienda

question 21

Multiple Choice

What was the benefit to the Spanish crown of an encomienda?

• A) The crown could use the encomienda to directly oversee missionary work among the Indians.
• B) The crown could use the encomienda to export Iberian prisoners to work mines in the Americas.
• C) The crown received special taxes on the extraction of precious metals from the encomenderos.
• D) The crown could use the encomenderos as forced labor on sugar plantations.

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