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*Upon the outbreak of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War (1754–1763), between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its North American Colonies against France, many of the French settlers fearing the English-speaking intruders who were invading the former French and Spanish territory of Louisiana fled to the '''Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico''' to re-establish their commercial, trading and agricultural enterprises. These islands were part of the Spanish and New World Catholic Empire, which welcomed and protected the French from their English and Protestant enemy. | *Upon the outbreak of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War (1754–1763), between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its North American Colonies against France, many of the French settlers fearing the English-speaking intruders who were invading the former French and Spanish territory of Louisiana fled to the '''Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico''' to re-establish their commercial, trading and agricultural enterprises. These islands were part of the Spanish and New World Catholic Empire, which welcomed and protected the French from their English and Protestant enemy. | ||
====Puerto Rico==== | ====Puerto Rico==== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/600202?availability=Family%20History%20Library Extranjeros (Foreigners in Puerto Rico), ca 1807-1880] Use the camera icon links in the '''Film/Digital Notes''' instead of the red link at the top. That link only covers 1815-1845. | |||
*When the British attempted to invade Puerto Rico in 1797, many of the newly arrived French immigrants offered their services to the Spanish colonial government in Puerto Rico in defense of the Island that had taken them in when they fled from the Louisiana "Territory" of the United States. | *When the British attempted to invade Puerto Rico in 1797, many of the newly arrived French immigrants offered their services to the Spanish colonial government in Puerto Rico in defense of the Island that had taken them in when they fled from the Louisiana "Territory" of the United States. | ||
*The British attempted to land in San Juan harbor with a force of 400 French prisoners, who were forced to fight against their will the other French troops defending Puerto Rico.French Consul M. Paris, sent a letter addressed to the French soldiers being forced to fight for England, promising them a safe haven in San Juan. The French prisoners agreed to accept the offer and become settlers on the Island. The English retreated from the Island without their 400 French prisoners, who were to become part of the already established immigrant French community in Puerto Rico. The newly arrived 400 Frenchmen all stayed and thrive in Puerto Rico. They soon sent for their families who were living in France. | *The British attempted to land in San Juan harbor with a force of 400 French prisoners, who were forced to fight against their will the other French troops defending Puerto Rico.French Consul M. Paris, sent a letter addressed to the French soldiers being forced to fight for England, promising them a safe haven in San Juan. The French prisoners agreed to accept the offer and become settlers on the Island. The English retreated from the Island without their 400 French prisoners, who were to become part of the already established immigrant French community in Puerto Rico. The newly arrived 400 Frenchmen all stayed and thrive in Puerto Rico. They soon sent for their families who were living in France. | ||