Puerto Rico History

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Across
  1. 3. the Treaty of Paris gave Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, and _____ to the United States
  2. 5. Columbus claimed the island for which country?
  3. 7. the people to arrive in 1200 CE were called
  4. 13. John R. ______ was the first US military governor of Puerto Rico
  5. 14. Spanish landowners forced Taino people to work on _______ and in gold mines
  6. 15. in 1948 Puerto Ricans were finally able to _____ their own governor, but the US president is still in charge
  7. 16. in November 2020 52% of Puerto Ricans voted in support of becoming a US ________
  8. 18. Puerto Rico is part of ______ America
  9. 19. the first people to this area by ______
  10. 20. the United States started a war with Spain when they helped _______ fight for independence
Down
  1. 1. The first group of Europeans to arrive were led by Christopher ________
  2. 2. ______ Ponce de Leon became the first governor
  3. 4. Puerto Ricans do not get to _____ for the US President
  4. 6. It is in the ______ Ocean
  5. 8. to end something
  6. 9. Spanish diseases like _____ and measles killed the Taino people
  7. 10. The _____ Party did not want to join the United States
  8. 11. Slavery ______ in Puerto Rico in March 1873
  9. 12. a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides
  10. 17. Spain started to bring enslaved _______ over in 1513, over a hundred years before slavery started in the United States