Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. The US government started to control Puerto Rico in 1898, when the Spanish American Civil war gave the US its control. However, Puerto Ricans struggled to obtain more democratic rights during many years. The US controls the island, but it doesn't interfere with local government policies. American interests on Puerto Rico are based on political as well as economic reasons. The US makes use of Puerto Rico ports and roads. Besides, it also trades sugar and tabacco. Furthermore, US tries to keep Puerto Rico under its control in order to maintain its presence in the Caribbean as well as protecting the Panama Canal.
Well, Ghana got rich from the gold mines since they just conquered the mines in western Africa and after the country got rich they forced traders to pay tax if they traded while crossing the land.
<span>Military alliance of the Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe</span>
The history of Kansas, argued historian Carl L. Becker a century ago, reflects American ideals. He wrote: ... When the area was opened to settlement by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 it became a battlefield that helped cause the American Civil War. Settlers from North and South came in order to vote slavery down or up.
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