How did the encomienda system benefit spain?
a. forced american indians to work on farms and mines
b. spread christianity and spanish culture among native people.
c. trained american indians to ride horses and use spanish weapons
d. provided protective outpost to defend spanish holding.

Question 6 of 27 1 point which of the following best describes the three-fifths compromise at the constitutional convention? o a. no more than three-fifths of a state's population could include slaves. o b. three-fifths of a state's slaves had to be released within 20 years. oc. slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in congress. od. three-fifths of a state's population had to vote for slavery if a territory was to enter the union as a slave state. g