What was the name of the system whereby a spaniard was assigned the task of 'protecting' a group of indigenous peoples in the spanish colonies?

The correct answer is encomiendas

This is a dependency relation system which begun in Spain during the Roman Empire and it involved strong men protecting the weak in exchange for a service. The Spanish monarch used the system during the colonization of the Americas by appointing a Spaniard and allocating them the task of protecting the colony

from the point of view of the king he did nothing wrong because he believes that all property is his property

but to the colonists he is doing wrong because they get no say in the way their own home is used

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