Question

In 1573 and 1574 king phillip ii issued 3 sets of laws to end the abuses of the conquistadors and adelantados system in new spain. what policy was implemented to end abuses against the native indians?

Answer 1

The policy was known as Repartimiento

it was based on the previous Encomienda policy, only that it sought to exclude people of mixed blood from the several weeks of forced labor. In addition, it was crown managed, to ensure that it was not abused by the two groups before it. In general however, it diluted native Indian ethnicity as many of them engaged in intermarriages to escape from forced labor.