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In the encomienda, the Spanish crown granted a person a specified number of natives from a specific community, with the indigenous leaders in charge of mobilizing the assessed tribute and labor.
The encomienda system was originally created by the Spanish. It was  put in place so that they were able to regulate and control the  American Indian behavior and labor duriâ¦ng the colonization of  Americas.