Indian Protection Act

...As seen in the struggle over the encomiendas from the beginning of the colonial period, the royal family was forced to take a position of protecting the Indians, not only for the purpose of Christianization but also to stabilize the national treasury revenue, and this confrontation continued throughout the colonial period with the colonists who were trying to make the most of the Indians. Furthermore, due to geographical distance and underdeveloped means of transportation and communication, the laws for protecting the Indians issued by the royal family were often ignored. The royal family often turned a blind eye to such violations, not only because they wanted to avoid conflict with the powerful colonists, but also because the laws sometimes ran counter to the immediate interests of the royal family itself, such as raising funds for war and securing the maintenance of parasitic aristocrats. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Indian Protection Act" are listed below.

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…植民地時代当初からエンコミエンダをめぐる闘争にみられるように，キリスト教化のためのみならず，国庫収入の安定を図るためにもインディオ保護の立場をとらざるをえなかった王室は，インディオを利用して最大の利益の獲得をもくろむ植民者と対立し，それは植民地時代を通じて変わらなかった。そのうえ，地理的隔りや交通･通信手段の未発達が原因で，王室の発布するインディオ保護法はしばしば無視される結果になった。王室は往々にしてそのような違反行為に目をつむったが，それは強力な植民者との対立を回避しようとしたためばかりではなく，インディオ保護法がときどき王室自身が求める目先の利益――戦費の調達や寄生的な貴族の維持費の確保など――に反したからでもあった。…

※「インディオ保護法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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