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

the noble might have thought that the system was far because they had lot of things and riches and the serf would have thought that the feudal system was un fair because of the way they were treated.

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.