puertorican
...sh wanted control over Puerto Rico, however, the Spaniards declared war and the British decided to pull out. During the same time, Napoleon had invaded Spain, and many other Latin American countries were beginning to win their independence from Spain. As a result, the Spaniards were afraid that Puerto Rico would want to become independent as well. Due to the outcome of the Spanish-American war in 1823, Puerto Rico became an independent island, no longer under the Spaniard’s ruling. In 1930, Puerto Ricans began arriving to United States and encountered the same problems they had faced while under the Spaniard’s ruling, a high unemployment rate. As a result, many Puerto Ricans relied on welfare programs for financial and medical assistance. Even though Puerto Ricans where now considered United States citizens, the majority failed to take advantage of the educa...