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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The encomienda system was a grant from the Spanish Crown to Spanish landowners in America that gave them the right to use Native American labor. This allowed the landowners to control Indian villages and use the labor for their own benefit, leading to the exploitation of the Indigenous population.

Which of the Following Statements About the Encomienda System Is