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The encomienda system was established by the Spanish Crown in order to maintain order and control over the New World. It defined the status of the Indian population in the colonies.

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The wealth of the Indies was needed to support The King so whether it came from forced slave labor or free, it had to come...and no official was allowed to forget it.

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