What was one way the encomienda system affected indigenous Americans? They became wealthier. They were forced to pay fines. They practiced traditional beliefs. They had to work the land for colonists.

Explanation:

It was originally intended to reduce the abuses of forced labor (repartimiento) in the colonies, but in practice it became a form of enslavement. Encomienda, in Spain’s American and Philippine colonies, legal system by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of the indigenous population.

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