Encomenderos to corregidores
Encomenderos: conquerors and royal favorites received grants of tribute and labor of native villagers (1492-1540s)
Crown attempts to
- convert encomienda from private to royal control (New Laws of 1542)
- restrict use of labor by encomenderos (personal service banned 1549)
- control labor drafts: mita (Peru, 1570-) and repartimiento (New Spain, 1550-)
Corregidores: bureaucrats replaced encomenderos to collect tribute and control labor for the Crown