They were transferred to the US in the 1898 Treaty of Paris with Cuba gaining almost immediate Independence with certain US mandated provisos.
Receive Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands for a payment to Spain of $20 million.
Cuba was granted independence. Guam and Puerto Rico were ceded to the US by Spain. The US purchased the Philippines from Spain for $20 million.
Cuba was granted independence. Guam and Puerto Rico were ceded to the US by Spain. The US purchased the Philippines from Spain for $20 million.
It ended the Spanish-American War. Spain ceded Guam and Puerto to the U.S., and the U.S. paid $20 million for the Philippines.
In winning the Spanish-American war, in 1898, America gained temporary control of Cuba and indefinite colonial authority of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines from the Spanish. In 1946 the Philippines gained independence from the U.S, but Guam and Puerto Rico are still today U.S territories. They also got a neverending headache because of Cuba.
Spain. Its influence has not ended as noted in language, religion, music and food.
Spain once had complete control of Puerto Rico which ended with the Spanish-American War.
1898 at the end of the Spanish American War. Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States by Spain in the treaty of Paris which ended the war.
It was ceded by Spain to the US in the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish American War.
Receive Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands for a payment to Spain of $20 million.
Cuba was granted independence. Guam and Puerto Rico were ceded to the US by Spain. The US purchased the Philippines from Spain for $20 million.
Yes, Spain once ruled Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. The Spanish-American War in 1898 ended Spain's control of all three territories. Cuba became independent (after a few years) and Puerto Rico and the Philippines became US possessions. Puerot Rico is still a US territory, although now self-governing, and the Philippines gained independence from the US in 1946.
Cuba was granted independence. Guam and Puerto Rico were ceded to the US by Spain. The US purchased the Philippines from Spain for $20 million.
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Air Caribbean - Puerto Rico - ended in 1979.
Idol Puerto Rico ended on 2011-09-21.
Puerto Rico Open - tennis - ended in 1995.