What If Puerto Rico was traded for Gibraltar?

Philip

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If we call the island South Georgia and allow for close economic connections to the American south (officially and unofficially) is there a prospect fof the island being part of the American Revolution?

I see this as unlikely, but it were part of the American Revolution, it would quickly be occupied.The Royal Navy prevents the other colonies from supporting it. If the US still wins the war, UK holds on to *Puerto Rico.
 

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I wonder if the US keeps it as part of the peace.

I see this as unlikely, but it were part of the American Revolution, it would quickly be occupied.The Royal Navy prevents the other colonies from supporting it. If the US still wins the war, UK holds on to *Puerto Rico.
 
If we call the island South Georgia and allow for close economic connections to the American south (officially and unofficially) is there a prospect fof the island being part of the American Revolution?

The trade was offered during the Revolution, so that seems unlikely.
 

Philip

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I wonder if the US keeps it as part of the peace.

I don't see why it would. The island would be firmly in British hands. It is valuable land. The US is in no position to make demands nor has anything to trade.

The British position would be simple: We are keeping it. There is nothing you can do about it. And they would be correct.
 
Puerto Rico was about 40% white in the 1770s, thanks in part to a large amount of Canarian immigration, out of about 30-40,000 people, plus it had a lot of mixed-race people who would've spoken Spanish as their first language. So it would have pretty unique demographics and culture compared to the rest of the British Caribbean.

The U.S. annexed Puerto Rico because its population was so much whiter than the rest of the Caribbean.
 
Just for clarification, Jamaica is just as mountainous as Puerto Rico. There is no reason Puerto Rico couldn't have as many slaves and plantations as Jamaica did.
 
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