1. CULTURAL HISTORY AND COLONIALISM Puerto Rico

2. Pre-Columbus Era Ortoiroid Culture 2,000-3,000 BC Orinoco Valley in South America Avid hunters and fisherman Rogozinsky, Jan: A Brief History of the Caribbean. Plume, 1999. ISBN 0-452-28193-8 ISBN 0-452-28193-8

3. Pre-Columbus Era Continued 430-250 BC Native to Saladero in Venezuela Pottery style helps identify Saladoid Culture Irving Rouse (1992). The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the people who greeted Columbus. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300056966.ISBN 0300056966

4. Pre-Columbus Era Continued 1,000 AD – post Columbus era 30,000 – 60,000 inhabited the island Mainly consumed small mammals Taino Culture

5. Pre-Columbus Era Continued Two classes: Naborias ~ Natainos Practiced polygamy Worshipped more than one god Taino Culture "Caciques, nobles and their regalia""Caciques, nobles and their regalia". elmuseo.org. Archived from the original on 2006-10-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20061009090513/http://elmuseo.org/taino/caciques.h tml.the original http://web.archive.org/web/20061009090513/http://elmuseo.org/taino/caciques.h tml

6. Pre-Columbus Era Continued Taino Culture Decreased due to Spaniards Were deemed gentle in nature Culture is embedded in Puerto Rico today Kirkpatrick Sale, "The Conquest of Paradise",p100, ISBN 0-333-57479-6ISBN 0-333-57479-6

7. Spanish Rule (1493-1898) 1509 – Caparra is abandoned Enslavement of Tainos Roman Catholic Church tries to expand its infuence Tri –Racial culture is formed Colonization "La tragédie des Taïnos", in L'Histoire n°322, July–August 2007, p.16L'Histoire

8. Spanish Rule (1493-1898) Continued French sack San Germain in 1528,1538, and 1554 British try to loot San Juan 1595 Dutch attack San Juan and set it ablaze in 1625 "Historia militar de Puerto Rico"; by Hector Andres Negroni (Author); Publisher: Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario (199Hector Andres Negroni European Threats

9. United States Rule (1898-present) Spanish-American War Treaty of Paris Military control Negroni, Héctor AndrésNegroni, Héctor Andrés (1992) (in Spanish). Historia militar de Puerto Rico. Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario. ISBN 8478441387ISBN8478441387

10. United States Rule (1898-present) Continued Colonization U.S. postal service Highways/bridges Health system Sparked beginnings of political parties

11. United States Rule (1898-present) Continued Major Acts Foraker act of 1900 Jones act of 1917 Commonwealth establishment "Strategy as Politics'; by: Jorge Rodriguez Beruff; Publisher: La Editorial; Universidad de Puerto Rico; page 27; ISBN 978-0-8477-0160-5ISBN 978-0-8477-0160-5