Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish planter and slaveholder on the island of Hispaniola, in what is today the Dominican Republi
c. How did de las Casas come to feel about the encomienda system? A:He was one of its staunchest defenders, writing a book called A Brief History of the Glories of Imperial Spain; he would later be made a hidalgo by Carlos V
B:He opposed it, because it interfered with his business; he had a slave-trading business that primarily trafficked in African people
C:He came to oppose and protest the encomienda system as immoral, writing A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies; he would later become a Dominican friar and urge Carlos V to abolish encomiendas
Answer: In addition, because of the American Revolution is that in 1783 the treaty of Paris stated that America was independent fro Britain. And also caused in 1776 the declaration of independence that people have certain rights the government couldn't take away
