History of the United States I / Unit 3 USH1 0306 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Encomienda and Repartimiento
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The idea
Repartimiento eventually replaced the encomienda, requiring Native towns to supply a pool of labour for Spanish overlords.
In practice
Encomienda recipients supposed to defend the colony and teach Christianity in exchange.
Where people slip
The anchor frames the change as a shift in the mechanism of exploitation rather than genuine reform.
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