Juan Francisco de León and a large crowd reached Caracas’s Plaza Mayor and asked the city council to judge whether the Guipuzcoan Company had benefited or harmed the royal treasury. Their demands included an end to the company and changes to cacao prices, taxes, and commercial restrictions. The public petition challenged the company’s power and the colonial officials connected to it. It was a struggle over who controlled trade and public authority, not a declaration of freedom for enslaved people.
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What did De León’s supporters request at the Plaza Mayor?
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Their demands focused on the company monopoly, prices, taxes, and commercial restrictions.
De León’s crowd demanded the end of the Guipuzcoan Company’s monopoly.
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The crowd sought the company’s removal and changes to commercial restrictions.