1493 - 1898 = 405 years
Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain from 1493 to 1898. 405 years.
Puerto Rico has never been independent. It was a colony of Spain for 400 years, then a territory of the United States.
In 1898 United Stated did invaded Puerto Rico and won it from Spain Anglo war. Since then the US Dollar had been the official currency of Puerto Rico.
As long as it could produce a profit it had a value to the Spanish Empire.
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Long story short... Puerto Rico was controled by Spain since 1493. The US didn't want European countries be so close to the Americas. That's when the Spanish-American war started primarily as a part of Cuban Independence. Puerto Rico was given to US as a gift at the end of the war for a token price of $20.000,000 which was extended to Spain to exit the northern and western hemisphere. For more information visit www.topuertorico.com
From Puerto Rico to Indianapolis it is 1,893 miles.
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Puerto Rico had been under Spanish rule for approximately 400 years before the United States invaded the island in 1898. Spain claimed Puerto Rico in 1493, shortly after Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. The U.S. invasion occurred during the Spanish-American War, which resulted in Puerto Rico becoming a territory of the United States.
Puerto Rico is 111 miles long and 39 miles wide.
No, Puerto Rico is 111 miles long and 39 miles wide.
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