Which of the Following Statements About the Encomienda System Is

Multiple Choice

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.