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Columbus sent over a thousand ships and men to go help claim Spain. He helped them because if he didn't the people would c,aim Spain and take it from them.
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Spanish settlement begins Spanish explorer Juan Ponce De Leon arrives. They were trying to bring order into disarray.
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The Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico is liberated by the Spanish to the US at the end of the Spanish American War. It was making peace on having a war with the Spanish.
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The US Congress institutes civil government in Puerto Rico for the Foraker Act. US maintains strict control over island issues, telling demands for more local control.
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Grants US citizenship to Puerto Ricans. It separated the executive judicial,legislative branches of Puerto Rican
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The US appoints Jesus T Pinero as Puerto Rico's first governor. Before he was the first govenor he was in the dairy business.
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It was a government by it's self government granted, allowing to enable Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor.
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Munzo Marin was elected governor for Puerto Rico. Most of the people that voted for him were from the Democratic party. he served fur terms.
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President Truman signs the Puerto Rico Commonwealth Bill, leading the way for a Puerto Rican constitution. Nationalists didnt like the new law and resort to violence. The US based nationalists tried to to assassinate President Truman in Washington DC.
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Puerto Ricans vote in a huge favor of US commonwealth status in a referendum. The Peurto ricans need the Us help because there struggling with money
