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This is when Juan Ponce de Leon settle in Puerto Rico and the Taino did not welcome them with open hands. But the army of the Taino was outmatch by the Spanish and this is the start of a dark period under the Spanish rule.

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When the Spanish arrived they also brought diseases that would lead a big dent in the Taino population. If the deaths from the disease weren't enough there was a mass suicide to escape the chance of being enslaved.

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On July 25, 1898 America would invade Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War and adopt it as an American territory. This would later change the whole future of the Puerto Rican people.

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In 1917 the US would grant Puerto Ricans US citizenship under the Jones Act, even though they can't participate in the US election its a step closer to statehood. Also in 1947 the Us launched operation Bootstrap in order to industrialize Puerto Rico.