APUSH Review Encomienda System Flashcards
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| 2900423625 | the Spanish | Who benefited from encomiendas? | 0 | |
| 2900426192 | the Spanish Crown | Who granted land to the Spaniards? | 1 | |
| 2900428323 | Christianize them | In return for land, what did the Spanish promise to do to the Natives living on the land? | 2 | |
| 2900430744 | tribute | What did the Spanish gain from the Natives? | 3 | |
| 2900432297 | harshly | How were most of the Natives treated by the Spanish? | 4 | |
| 2900433320 | heavy manual labor | What were the Natives forced to do? | 5 | |
| 2900434313 | the discovery of gold and silver | How did encomiendas become wealthy? | 6 | |
| 2900436074 | Catholics | Who began to protest the harsh treatment of the Natives? | 7 | |
| 2900437453 | mestizos | Who were individuals of Spanish and Native Ancestry? | 8 | |
| 2900438429 | Bartolome de Las Casas | Who was instrumental in the decline of encomiendas? | 9 | |
| 2900440558 | mestizos | Who could not be forced to work in the encomienda system? | 10 | |
| 2900441336 | African slave labor | What gradually replaced the encomienda system | 11 |