The institution of the encomienda as regards the colonization of America by the spaniards consisted in puting a group of indians in the obligation of paying the equivalent of taxes; if the indians couldnt pay there were obliged to work. Father Bartolomé de las Casas deemed all the procedure very cruel, in particular the punishments upon non payment of the dues.
gold fever i guess to be honest
Answer:
Mid-1519 -- Sailing from a base in Jamaica, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, a Spanish adventurer, was the first known European to explore and map the Texas coastline.
Explanation:
Because he would have probably been captured sooner and taken as prisoner
