The Casta War - The Casta War

Japanese: カスタ戦争 - カスタせんそう

An Indian rebellion led by the Maya that swept across Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula from 1847. The name casta is Spanish for "hierarchy" among ethnic groups. Triggered by the expansion of sugar plantations to the eastern and southern Yucatan Peninsula, it gradually developed into an indigenous movement calling for the creation of an independent Maya kingdom. By the middle of the following year, nearly four-fifths of the peninsula was under their control. Meanwhile, some ruling elites who wanted independence for the Yucatan Peninsula sought annexation to the United States, but the British military of British Honduras countered by supporting the rebels. In the fall of 1849, the situation turned around with the introduction of a large number of Mexican troops and the assassination of the leaders. In 1853, one group agreed to a ceasefire, but the other two groups continued fighting until 1901.

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Japanese:

1847年からメキシコのユカタン半島を席巻したマヤ族を中心とするインディオ反乱。名称のカスタcastaは民族間の〈階層〉をさすスペイン語。ユカタン半島東・南部へのサトウキビ大農園の拡大に端を発して，しだいにマヤ独立王国建設の主張を持つ土着主義運動へ発展。翌年半ばには半島のほぼ５分の４が支配下に入った。一方，ユカタン半島の独立を求める一部支配層は米国への併合を求めたが，英領ホンジュラスの英軍がこれに対抗して反乱軍を援助した。1849年秋，メキシコ軍の大量投入と指導者の暗殺で戦況は逆転。1853年に１集団が停戦に応じたが，他の２集団は1901年まで戦闘を続けた。

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