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New Laws
The
New Laws
(
Spanish
:
Leyes Nuevas
), also known as the
New
Laws of the Indies
for the Good Treatment and Preservation of the Indians
, were issued on November 20, 1542, by King
Charles V
of Spain and regard the
Spanish colonization of the Americas
. They were created to prevent the exploitation of the
indigenous peoples of the Americas
by the
encomenderos
(large enterprise landowners) by strictly limiting their power and dominion.
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