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How is puert rico part of the us?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Puerto Rico belongs to the US, it is a non-incorporated territory (or colony). We became a US possession when Spain lost the Spanish-American war in 1898 and had to sell Puerto Rico, Guam, the Phillipines and Cuba for $20 million.

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