What was the encomienda system? a system in which spanish monarchs shared with native americans the right to demand labor from peons and africans a system in which the spanish monarchs granted the conquistadors the right to demand labor from native americans a system in which the spanish conquistadors granted native americans the right to demand labor from peons a system in which the spanish settlers granted the conquistadors the right to demand labor from native americansthe answer is the second one the right to comand labor from native americans