Encomiendas in the Spanish New World were
A) grants permitting owners to take income or labor from land and its inhabitants.
B) local Indian chiefs who collected taxes and administered Spanish laws.
C) elected assemblies.
D) local councils of aristocrats who assisted the viceroys.
E) courts to enforce laws for the fair treatment of the native population.
A
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