Puerto Rican

A Puerto Rican is anyone who was born on the island of Puerto Rico. Puerto
Ricans are mostly descendants of Spaniards who colonized the island,
taino's: a native american tribe (the indigenous peole of the island and the
rest of the america's) and of Africans who were brought as slaves. In the
1760s, when France took over the island of Corsica, many Corsicans settled
in the southwestern section of Puerto Rico. Also, during the 1800s a large
wave of Spanish immigrants, particularly from the Canary Islands, settled on
the island and founded many of its towns. As Spain lost control of its
former South American colonies, many Spanish loyalists emigrated to the
island as well.

Puerto Rico became an American territory in 1898. The United States made the
people of the island American citizens starting on March 2, 1917, with a law
known as the Jones Act. Today, Puerto Rico is a commonwealth associated with US.

Regardless of skin color or ethnic origin, Puerto Ricans are extremely proud
of their heritage, culture and language,of their nationality separately from
their status as American citizens.

A Puerto Rican is also any person whose parents were born in Puerto Rico,
even if the person was born somewhere else.

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