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Map of Puerto Rico under the USA and Spanish flags from August 14 til September 19, 1898. The 23 blue-colored municipalities are under the USA flag and the 55 yellow-colored municipalities are under the Spanish flag.

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"Uncle Sam in progressive stages from childhood in 1783 to 1899, growing in number of states and acreage"

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Judge magazine centerfold (Feb-6-1897) Columbia reaches out to oppressed Cuba with Blindfolded Uncle Sam in background illustrated by Hamilton

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Puerto Rico and Hawai'i view a portrait of George Washington and describe the him as their stepfather

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Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by a pair of arms representing "Manifest Destiny". Inside the…

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Quoted from http://praxisandcapital.tumblr.com/post/9576008695/zuky-this-1899-cartoon-published-in-puck

"This 1899 cartoon published in Puck magazine depicts Uncle Sam menacingly waving a stick at children labeled Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,…

The battle that ended the indigenous resistance to American occupation of the Philippines following the cession of the Philippines from Spain to the United States, at the end of the Spanish-American War (1898), which was fought in June 1914.
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