21. Cabrillo benefited from the encomienda system that enslaved the Native peoples of the Americas. 22. After the Conquest in 1521, Alfonso Romero received the area as an encomienda . 23. It was therefore established as an Encomienda and Alcaldia separate to Province of Bulacan. 24. The crown had several concerns about the encomienda . 25. Aporo then became part of an encomienda headed by Gonz�lez de Salazar called Taximaroa. 26. The system of " Encomienda " gave place to many insurrections of the natives. 27. De Almagro eventually returned and settled in Darien, where he was granted an encomienda . 28. Politically, Don Galo and Para�aque were then under the Encomienda and Provincia de Tondo. 29. The " encomienda " system has been the subject of controversy since 1510. 30. The weakening of the " encomienda " system also hurt the Spaniards economically.