Which of the following best describes the forced labor practices used by Spanish colonists in the Americas as part of the encomienda system?
A. Spanish sailors convinced Europeans to work on American farms
for a period of time in exchange for passage to the Americas.
B. Spanish leaders granted their followers control over all natives
living in certain areas.
C. Spanish missionaries required all non-Christians to serve as
temporary slaves until they converted,
D. Spanish landowners established enormous plantations that were
worked by African slaves.