Governing the Spanish Empire Text 4 Question 4. What was the encomienda system? A. a system in which Spanish monarchs shared with Native Americans the right to demand labor from peons and Africans B. a system in which the Spanish conquistadors granted Native Americans the right to demand labor from peons C. a system in which the Spanish monarchs granted the conquistadors the right to demand labor from Native Americans D. a system in which the Spanish settlers granted the conquistadors the right to demand labor from Native Americans​