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*To increase its hold on its Puerto Rico and Cuba, the Spanish Crown revived the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 (ntended to also attract non-Spanish Europeans) as a result of which '''450,000 immigrants, mainly Spaniards''', settled on the island in the period up until the American conquest. Hundreds of families arrived in Puerto Rico, primarily from the '''Canary Islands and Andalusia, but also from other parts of Spain such as Catalonia, Asturias, Galicia and the Balearic Islands and numerous Spanish loyalists from Spain's former colonies in South America'''. | *To increase its hold on its Puerto Rico and Cuba, the Spanish Crown revived the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 (ntended to also attract non-Spanish Europeans) as a result of which '''450,000 immigrants, mainly Spaniards''', settled on the island in the period up until the American conquest. Hundreds of families arrived in Puerto Rico, primarily from the '''Canary Islands and Andalusia, but also from other parts of Spain such as Catalonia, Asturias, Galicia and the Balearic Islands and numerous Spanish loyalists from Spain's former colonies in South America'''. | ||
*Hundreds of non-Spanish families, mainly from '''Corsica, France, Lebanon, China, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Italy.''', also immigrated to the island. | *Hundreds of non-Spanish families, mainly from '''Corsica, France, Lebanon, China, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Italy.''', also immigrated to the island. | ||
*Continuous European immigration and high natural increase helped the population of Puerto Rico grow from 155,426 in 1800 to almost a million by the close of the 19th century. A census conducted by royal decree on 30 September 1858, gave the following totals of the Puerto Rican population at that time: 341,015 were free colored; 300,430 identified as Whites; and 41,736 were slaves. A census in 1887 found a population of around 800,000, of which 320,000 were black.<ref name="PR> | *Continuous European immigration and high natural increase helped the population of Puerto Rico grow from 155,426 in 1800 to almost a million by the close of the 19th century. A census conducted by royal decree on 30 September 1858, gave the following totals of the Puerto Rican population at that time: 341,015 were free colored; 300,430 identified as Whites; and 41,736 were slaves. A census in 1887 found a population of around 800,000, of which 320,000 were black.<ref name="PR"/> | ||
====French Immigration==== | ====French Immigration==== | ||