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Original Name of the Island
Borinquen or Boriken
Expeditioner that arrive to the Island from Europe
Christopher Columbus
Where is Puerto Rico located
In the Caribbean
Name of war between U.S. and Spain
Spanish-American War
Name of the capital of P.R.
San Juan
Name of the native in the Island?
Taino
Which slaves did the Spaniards import to the Island
Africans
Name of the Treaty between Spain and U.S.
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris- Spain renounced all claim to _____ and ceded Puerto Rico and ______.
Cuba, Guam
Name of General that took Santiago, Cuba during the Spain-American War
Shafter
Second Name of the Island
San Juan Bautista
What "Puerto Rico" means
Rich Port
What was The Grito de Lares
Puerto Rico only cry for independence
How was Spanish abled to defend San Juan from foreign attacks?
Because of almost impregnable Fortresses (El Morro, La Fortaleza and San Cristobal)
Mention 3 Greater Antilles
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Rep)
What year did U.S. declare war on Spain?
1898
Mostly the slaves work on which three places?
Mines, Sugarcanes and Ginger plantations.
2 Reasons for Taino going mostly extinct
Maltreatment / European Diseases
San Juan was constantly attacked by ________, ________ and _______pirates
French, British and Dutch (Netherlands)
Why did "The Grito de Lares" failed?
Betrayal and inability to get weapons and ammunitions.
Who discovered the port and named Caparra
Juan Ponce de Leon
What name did the Spaniard named the Tainos, (name still used today)
Boricuas
Name of the Chief of the Taino
Cacique
Puerto Ricans are mostly mix of which three race or ethnicity
Taino, Spanish, African
Year that Columbus arrived to P.R.
1493