Summary Of "Consequences Of The Expulsion Of The Jesuits In The Río De La Plata" By Mauricio Fau

We have summarized the essential of this book by the author.

The Spanish crown, the Indians and the Jesuits: a marriage of convenience

The alliance of the Spanish with the Indians of the region began early, when the former were looking for gold and needed indigenous agriculture to feed their armies. This predominant agricultural matrix over the large plantations will be a first lasting gross data in the Paraguayan economy.
Although in 1554 Irala distributed 20 thousand guaranies among 320 encomenderos, the Ordinances of Alfaro, applied by Hernandarias since 1611, eliminated the encomienda for the benefit of him and the newly arrived Jesuits, who monopolized indigenous forced labor in the best lands, with the best livestock and controlling communications, self-made ships, production and trade, almost entirely exempt from tax. The Jesuit Province of Paraguay had almost 150 thousand indigenous people and one million head of cattle.

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