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Name: Puerto Rico

Type: Polity

Start: 1898 AD

End: 2022 AD

Parent: usa

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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.

Establishment


  • December 1898: The United States and Spain conclude the Treaty of Paris, whereby the Philippines are ceded to the Americans for a sum of $20 million, along with Puerto Rico and Guam. Cuba is also declared free and the Spanish pledge to pay $400 million for all Cuban debts. This concludes nearly four centuries of Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Chronology


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    1. Spanish-American War


    Was a war between Spain and the United States of America. The immediate cause of the war was the American support to Cuban independence.

    1.1.Treaty of Paris (1898)

    Was the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. Spain ceded most of its colonies (the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam) to the United States.


    Selected Sources


  • Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.1505
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