Land + Control
España tenía miedo de que Puerto Rico despertara
The 1815 Real Cedula de Gracias was also preventive colonial strategy: populate, produce, and control before Puerto Rico woke up.
Receipt Spine
- EnciclopediaPR says the Cedula was granted while revolutionary independence movements were appearing in Caracas, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, and elsewhere.
- The receipt is Spain trying to avoid a similar revolutionary independence movement from developing in Puerto Rico.
- The policy frame is population, production, controlled trade, loyalty, and colonial control.