Question

indigenous populations of colonial Latin America were forced to work for years under the encomienda and mita systems. write three paragraphs that explain how these systems were the result of economic and political expansions

Answer 1

The systems of forced labor in Latin America imposed by European powers were results for economic/political expansion bc
-Spanish found silver in certain colonies and imposed the Mita system to extract it
------This gave the spanish economic superiority bc they sold silver in Chinese markets bc of a new law that made chinese taxes had to be paid in silver
-Sugar was a cash crop and the climate in Latin America was perfect to mass produce it using cheap labor systems such as the Mita

Basically they needed cheap labor to mass produce expensive goods to make profit