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Earthquake (1641), 59 , 61 -62

Echeverría, Martín de, 143 -145, 167

Ejido. See Caracas, ejido

El Dorado, 13

Elites:

alcaldes ordinarios, 200 -202;

Basque parentage, 195 -196;

cacao haciendas of, 121 -123, 125 -128, 187 -188, 190 -191, 237 -238;

consumption patterns, 56 , 85 , 97 -101;

cousin marriage, 231 -233, 239 -240, 253 ;

death of protest generation, 253 ;

debts with Guipuzcoana Company, 202 -203, 214 -215;

defined, 10 , 194 , 217 ;

grandparents, 228 , 234 ;

impact of reforms upon, 252 -254;

inheritance laws, impact upon, 6 , 7 , 230 -231, 235 , 238 , 252 ;

marriage patterns, 8 , 67 , 216 , 219 -235, 238 , 252 ;

political activism of, 24 -25, 33 -35, 42 -44, 197 -201;

protest against Guipuzcoana Company, 177 -178, 187 -206, 214 -215, 236 , 239 -240;

punishment for 1749 rebellion, 216 , 236 , 243 -244, 247 -251;

role in 1749 rebellion, 145 , 148 -151, 154 , 156 -157, 165 -168, 175 , 177 -178;

trapiches owned by, 204 ;

urban residence of, 72 -74, 216 -219; 233 -235;

widows, 188 -189, 193 , 234 .

See also Protest memorials

El Tocuyo, 2 , 23

Encomienda, 1 , 3 , 13 , 25 , 43 , 48 -53, 55 , 57 -59, 67 -70, 87

Ensenada, Marqués de la, 157 -161, 164 -165, 173 , 243 , 249

Escovedo, Francisca de, 78 , 85

Eslava, Sebastián de, 160 -161, 164 , 177

Estancias de trigo. See Wheat