Ukusuka eColumbus ukuya ePonce de León
Xa uChristopher Columbus efika ePuerto Rico ngo-1493, akazange alinde. Enyanisweni, wayesetyenzisileyo iintsuku ezimbini apha, ebiza isiqithi saseSpeyin, esayinayo iSan Juan Bautista (uSanta John uMbhaptizi), kwaye aqhubela phambili ekudleni amadlelo.
Omnye unokucinga nje ukuba yintoni le nto esiqingqiweyo esizwe esiqithi esikuloo ndawo. AmaNdiya aseTaíno, uluntu olusakhulayo olunezolimo eziphuhlisiwe, wayehlala kwisiqithi iminyaka emininzi; Bayibiza ngokuba nguBoriken (namhlanje, uBoriquen usalugxina umthonyama wasePuerto Rico).
Baya kushiya ukucinga ngezenzo zikaColumbus iminyaka emininzi, njengoko abaphandi baseSpain nabaqwengqeleli abaninzi bawahoywa i siqithi ekuqhubeni kwabo kwihlabathi elitsha.
Ponce de León
Emva koko, ngo-1508, uJuan Ponce de León kunye nomkhosi wamadoda angama-50 beza kwisiqithi waza wamisa idolophu yaseCaparra ngasogwini lwayo lwasemantla. Ngokukhawuleza wafumana indawo engcono kwiindawo zakhe zokuhlala, isiqithi esinechweba elihle kakhulu elithiwa yiPuerto Rico, okanye iPort Port. Le nto yayiza kuba sisiqithi ngelixa idolophu ibizwa ngokuba yiSan Juan .
Njengombusi wensimi entsha, uJonan Ponce de León wanceda ukubeka isiseko sekholoni entsha kwisiqithi, kodwa, njengoColumbus, akazange agxininise ukuzonwabisa. Emva kweminyaka emine kuphela ebudeni bakhe, uPonce de León washiya ePuerto Rico ukuba aphishekele iphupha enokudumileyo ngoku: "umthombo wobutsha." Ukuzingela kwakhe ngokungapheli kwamthatha waya eFlorida, apho wafa khona.
Nentsapho yakhe, nangona kunjalo, yaqhubeka ihlala ePuerto Rico kwaye iqhutywe kunye nekholliyali yabo esekwe.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iTaíno, ngeyona nto, ayizange ihambe kakuhle. Ngo-1511, bavukela iSpeyin emva kokufumanisa ukuba abantu bezinye iintlanga babengekho oothixo, njengoko bebakhokrelwa ekuqaleni. Abazange balinganise nemikhosi yaseSpeyin, kwaye njengoko inani labo lancipha ngenxa yesimo esaziwayo sokugxila kunye nokutshata, abasebenzi abatsha babethengiswa ukuba bathathe indawo yabo: Amakhoboka aseAfrika aqala ukufika ngo-1513.
Babeza kuba yingxenye ebalulekileyo yombutho wasePuerto Rican.
Imizamo yokuQala
Ukukhula kwePuerto Rico kwakucotha kwaye kunzima. Ngowe-1521, kwakukho abantu abangama-300 abahlala kwisiqithi, kwaye loo nombolo yafika kuphela kuma-2 500 ngo-1590. Oku bekuphela nje ngenxa yobunzima bokuzalwa kwe-colony entsha; Isizathu esikhulu sokuphuhliswa kwayo esinokulukhuni sibekwe kwindawo yokuba yindawo engendawo yokuhlala. Ezinye iikholeji kwihlabathi elitsha zazingumgubo wegolide kunye nesilivere; Abantu basePuerto Rico babengenalo inzuzo.
Sekunjalo, kwakukho amagunya amabini abone ukubaluleka kwesi sithuba esincinci eCaribbean. Icawa yamaRoma Katolika yasungula i-diocese ePuerto Rico (yayingomnye wabantu abathathu baseMerika ngaleso sikhathi), ngo-1512, wathumela uAlonso Manso, iCanon yaseSalamanca, kwisiqithi. Waba ngumbhishophu wokuqala ukufika kumaMerika. Icawa yaba nendima ebalulekileyo ekwakheni iPuerto Rico: yakha amabandla amabini amakhulu kunawo onke aseMerika apha, kunye nesikolo sokuqala esikolweni sezifundo eziphambili. Ekugqibeleni, iPuerto Rico yayiza kuba yikomkhulu leCawa yamaRoma Katolika kwiLizwe elitsha. Esi siqithi sihlala sisinamaKatolika namhlanje.
Elinye iqela lokuthabatha umdla kule koloni laliyimikhosi.
IPuerto Rico kunye nomzi-dolophu walo kwakukho indawo ehamba phambili kunye neendlela zokuthutha ezisetyenziselwa iinqanawa ezithwele iinqwelo ezibuyela ekhaya. I-Spanish yayazi ukuba kufuneka ikhusele eli butyebi, kwaye bajika imizamo yabo yokuqinisa iSan Juan ukukhusela iimfuno zabo.