way to Florida; however‚ the particular group of Arawak-speaking people who lived on the island of Hispaniola was the Taino Indians. For about a thousand years the peaceful people known as Taino had thrived in modern-day Cuba‚ the Virgin Islands‚ Puerto Rico‚ and many other islands in the Lesser and Greater Antilles. However‚ less than 30 years after Columbus’ journey‚ Spanish weaponry‚ force labor‚ and European diseases would wreck the Tainos. The Tainos left no remains or signs of their existence
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I chose this topic because I thought that it was important to highlight the recent successes of the Latino baseball players to show how minority groups can prosper in America. Latino atheletes have gain notoriety and riches through the sport of baseball. These are things that they couldn’t have dreamed about achieving without Major League baseball. Major League Baseball has given Latin Americans the opportunity to better their economic and social situation. Many Latin American children dream
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to have been Melbourne Beach‚ the expedition sailed south to the bottom of the Florida peninsula‚ through the Florida Keys‚ and up the west coast as far north as Charlotte Harbor‚ where they briefly battled with the Calusa before heading back to Puerto Rico. Further Spanish attempts to explore and colonize Florida were terribly unsuccessful. Ponce de León returned to the Charlotte Harbor area in 1521 with equipment and settlers to start a colony but was soon driven off by
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Rosmery Reyes 4/1/13 Hs/ms 368 603 Dominican Republic Capital:The capital of the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo The capital and largest city (over 2 million population) in the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo. The
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her own personal stories and observations. She starts off by relating an experience that happened on a bus in London‚ then she goes into explaining how her parents made her home in America a microcosm of the home they used to have in Puerto Rico. She explains why Puerto Rican women dress the way they do—because they’re protected by an honor system—and goes on to relate two more encounters with people who mistake her for someone else because of her appearance. In weaving her personal stories with explanations
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during his time here‚ he found lots of gold. Once he made this discovery and took most of it‚ he left the island of Borinquen. In 1508‚ he was ordered by the king of Spain to return to Borinquen to colonize it. Later on‚ he had renamed this island Puerto Rico. He became the island’s governor for two years until he was replaced with Columbus’s son by the king. He was hurt by what the king had done‚ so he decided to go sailing again. This time it was in the north direction towards Florida. As usual‚
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Brand Kikuet is a Puerto Rican company founded in Canóvanas‚ 31 years ago. In 1979‚ Enrique Mangual gave birth to this business. The company is engaged in the manufacturing of frozen food. Over the years‚ Kikuet has expanded not only nationally but also in some of the states of America. Nowadays‚ it is the biggest line of congealed products in the island. Within the products made by this company we can find: croquets‚ turnover pies‚ fritters‚ corn rolls‚ fried sweeten plantain‚ fillings‚ fried cheese
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a 7-foot tall three‚ smell really good‚ and is really big. In the three we putted four boxes of fuor houndre lights and a lot of decoration. In the top we put a beautiful with angel. This I show I start my Christmas. In Christmas eve‚ that in Puerto Rico is called noche buena‚ the day start wen mi uncle killed a pig‚ then we do the morcillas‚ my godmother do the arroz con dulce‚ and the tembleque. Then we decor my aunt house about 6:30 my family starts to get to my aunt house. In the party we have
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This was to capture the Navy of Spanish before initial attack and also would seize the trade from the Asian Culture. The effects from this war resulted in capturing territories outside of the continent of United States. United States captured Puerto Rico‚ Quam‚ and Philippines. To add they controlled more territory of the ocean which opens up more trade routes secured for America. This is where it showed the Government of America was the first to world power that stretched from Caribbean Sea to
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emotional attachment to it. The sock has been with you during your ups in downs‚ kind of like Chewie and I. Chewie means so much to me that now I won’t travel as long as he is coming‚ he has to experience it too. One time I left Chewie in Puerto Rico. Worst day of my life. The sounds of my crying were nonstop that whole plane ride home. You would have thought I was about to die or something‚ but no‚ I just lost Chewie. Don’t worry though‚ my mom called up the hotel later and they actually found
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