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title: "Why did the Spanish set up the encomienda system and what were the results of that system?"  
description: "Why did the Spanish set up the encomienda system and what were the results of that system?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43182/why-did-the-spanish-set-up-the-encomienda-system-and-what-were-the-results-of-that-system  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the Spanish set up the encomienda system and what were the results of that system?

Why did the [Spanish](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41826/what-was-cuba-s-status-after-the-spanish-american-war) set up the [encomienda system](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41810/what-were-the-negative-consequences-of-the-spanish-encomienda-system-were-there-any-positive-consequences) and what were the [results](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13134/what-does-it-take-to-obtain-impeccable-laser-cutting-results) of that system?\
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