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When did Puerto Rico get their independence and was it a violent transition?
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∙ 12y ago
Puerto Rico has not been independent since 1493 when it became a Spanish possession. It was ceded to the United states in 1898 at the end of the Spanish American war and has been a U.S. possession since.
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When did Puerto Rico win its independence?
puerto rico never got its independence from anyone.
When was Independence Association of Puerto Rico created?
Independence Association of Puerto Rico was created in 1920.
Why did Puerto Rico gain its independence?
Puerto Rico is not independent, it is a US Territory.
What is Puerto Rico's indepndentce?
Puerto Rico's independence is the ideology that believes that Puerto Rico should be a sovereign nation, and not a commonwealth of the United States.
When does Puerto Rico celebrate independence?
Puerto Rico does not celebrate it's independence, because it is not independent. What it does celebrate is the formation of the Commonwealth in July 25.
Did Puerto Rico achieve its independence?
No. Puerto Rico remains a territory of the United States by consensus of the Puerto Rican electorate.
Who did Argentina gain independence from?
Puerto Rico
When was Puerto Rico's independence day?
puerto rican independence day is an September 23. puerto rican independence day is an September 23. Puerto Rico doesn't officially have an independence day since it's not independent, but it does have the discovery holiday which is November 19, 1493.
Who did Puerto Rico win its independence from and how?
Puerto Rico is NOT independent. Our only experience with independence came September 23, 1868, which lasted for 48 hours.
What historic event is remembered in Puerto Rico on sept23?
Grito de Lartes proclaims puerto rico independence
When did Puerto Rico get its independence?
when your momy gave birth to you
When was independence gained in Puerto Rico?
From Spain in 1898.
