Why did priests complain about the encomienda system? a. the native americans were not paid for their work c. the spaniards mistreated the native americans. b. the system required the native americans to work too hard. d. all of the above

The answer is d. All of the above.

Explanation:

Groups of Indians - villages or towns  headed by a cacique or chief - were given to a Spanish landlord to work for him in his lands or properties. They also had to pay tributes to him. He was responsible for them. That was the system called "encomienda." Ironically, one the lord´s duties was to make them assimilate Christian beliefs and values, to lead a Christian life, but often they had too work too long and too much and there wasn´t time for cathecism left. Indians and their families were exploited and badly mistreated by the Spanish lords or "encomenderos." This sytem consolidated the state of Indians as a slave labor force and their subjugation, and it also was a good method used by the Spanish crown to pay all those Spanish men who had rendered services to it.  Catholic priests and missionaries were among the early defenders of Indians.

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explanation: in 1955 in montgomery, alabama, a girl refused to give up her seat on a public bus. the girl was black, and the passenger looking to take her seat was white. this is a familiar tale, but it's not about rosa parks. the girl in the story is a 15-year-old high school student named claudette colvin, and this act of defiance occurred nine months before rosa parks did the same thing. colvin was arrested, and her case is what led to the u.s. supreme court's order for the desegregation of alabama's bus system. so, why don't we know colvin's name? "later i had a child born out of wedlock; i became pregnant when i was 16," colvin says. "and i didn't fit the image either, of, you know, someone they would want to show off.