No Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean near the British Virgin islands. It is currently a U.S. territory. Maybe even a future state.
Puerto Rico is in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It is a territory of the United States. The US took Puerto Rico from Spain at the end of the Spanish American War in 1898.
Yes. From 1493 to 1898 Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony. Since 1898 it has been a United States territory.
Yes all puerto ricans speak spanish
Puerto rican can have spamish ancestry but many do not. It was a commerce port so there are very mixed people.
Spanish is the main language but English is taught in all the schools.
Puerto Rico was ceded to the US after Spain lost the Spanish American war in 1898.
It did not want Puerto Rico, it wanted Spain out of its sphere of influence.
Spain followed by the United States.
In 1898 from Spain.
From Spain
Puerto Rico
== == Puerto Rico has never been an independent country. Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain and ceded to the US at the end of the Spanish American War. Puerto Rico is still a possession of the US.
Spain
No, it was Spain.
its in puerto rico
Spain ceded it to the US after the Spanish-American War.
After losing the Spanish-American War in 1898, Spain had to give up Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba to the US, leaving Spain with only the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, and continental Spain to its name.