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Juan Ponce de León was the first Spanish explorer to set foot in the southeastern United States. -
The history of the early Spanish Immigration to America was dictated by the colonies of New Spain (Nueva España) between the time periods of 1519 to 1821.
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Their first settlement was in 1565 St.Augustine, Florida. The settlement was founded by Pedro Menendez de Aviles who led about 1500 soldiers and colonists to the colony. https://www.emmigration.info/spanish-immigration-to-america.htm
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored led the first spanish army into New Mexico in 1540 but it was Juan de Onate, leading 500 people from Mexico City, that first colonized it in 1598
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Throughout the 1600`s Spanish Immigration to America persisted at a small but consistent rate. However there has been a significant increase in the 1670s and 1680s as plague and famines hit Spain.
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Spain got French Louisiana and New Orleans. Spain also traded Florida to Great Britain in exchange for control of Havana, Cuba.
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The numbers of immigration to united states have grown so much that the government needed to start up a immigration center. Spanish immigrants to America from 1892 were then taken to the Ellis Island Immigration Center for medical and legal inspection before they were allowed entry into the United States. -
From 1900 to 1925, Spain's immigration to the United States increased dramatically from 1900 to 1910 to 27,000 and from 1910 to 1920 to 68,000. Many settled in Connecticut and New Jersey. With the emergence of a large Spanish community in the city, American industrialization has created many employment opportunities. There were especially many Spanish immigrants in New York City.
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Between 1961 and 1990 over 100,000 Spanish immigrants entered the United States. According to the US Bureau of the Census of 2000 a total of 2,187,144 Americans claimed to be solely or partially of Spanish descent, it is no wonder that Spanish-Americans have made a significant impact on the culture of Americans.
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