History Matters's video: Why didn t Puerto Rico become a US State Short Animated Documentary

Many of America's 19th century territorial acquisitions became formal states in the 20th century but one notable exception is Puerto Rico. So why didn't it become a state? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my patrons below: Jens Koch-Nommensen Øystein Alsaker Carl Österbrand Colonel Cheng Sergio M. Vela Michael Kram Hasmuffin Franco La Bruna Ethan Bradley chaulk Don Bonnigan Southside Mitch Ian Whitcomb Justin Kubusch John Matthew Literovich Adam Barrett Heath Robertson Ryan Schindeler JakeBak0905 Person DocOzz13 . Paul Munro Martha Grondin Andrea Dekrout Brooks Woolson Nathan Mendelsohn Vance Christiaanse Mario Peshev Sean D. Christopher Godfrey Harley Raptopoulos Aaron Conaway sharpie660 Philip Yip Shauna K Travis Mount Joooooshhhhhh Jane Sumpter Alex Teplyakov Joshua Rackstraw Piotr Wojnowski Joshua Schneider Phillip Gathright BeninPrince51 Ron Johnson zockotron Jamie van Brewen Andrew F Zhao Liu William Swiacki Andy McGehee Arthur Hosey Jr. Phoenix Fats Adrian Marine Barry John Orr Andreas Mosand Steven Gibson Konstantin Bredyuk Tony Belmonte Jack Nelson Erik Hare Nicholas Menghini Allen Rines Dr. Schtnizel Tactical_Jackal Shawn Morse Roman Kynčl Nick Macarius Contdoko12 D. Mahlik MGS2600 Matthew Toles Chris Winther Peter Marino Michael Galloway Bernardo Cavalcanti Katie Flinn Thomas McGraw Clayton Schuman Dana Spurgeon Jacob Zachs Andrew Patane Carl Blanton Sahni Zach Rust Bradley Backoff Nolan Peale Vilena5 KNSTRKTVST Jake Faust Tim Stone Angel Aguiñaga Keith A. Layton HelloAgain Chase Labiste Bret Allan Joe DeVito Mickey Landen Liam Gilleece Serius_Loyola John Garcia Brian George Ciege Engine blaZzinG_FurY Matt Reed Dullis Bartosz Zasada Wilhelm Screamer Matthew Hogan Chris Weisel Zachary Pascalar Victor Gomez Ben Drums 24 Tino Christopher S Nelson William Adderholdt Bodo Nuber Bernice Justin Short Anthony McCann george tyler Leena Al-Souki JAY ALAN EDELMAN B Dryad SketerK ThePalestRose Juan Castillo Warren Rudkin Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Hexapuma Perry Gagne Curt Helmerich Dexter_McAaron Colm Byrne Aaron Larrow ARandomPaperClip Blue Cardinal Alex Slepak Geoffrey Sparrow Tim Stumbaugh No way Logical Insanity Joseph Hutchins Jason Gould Liquid Chief Oliver Jenner Tyler Jenkins Ahmed Roshdi Chach Matthew O'Connor Tim Sweeney Stefan Møller Ian Smith Bren Ehnebuske Joseph Reinsch Abhijeeth Chris Wreker Andrew Niedbala Matt Busch Ali Sadighian Yared Cristiano Ned Burke Burt Clothier Thomas McGill Robin! kevinh BattleGoat Studios David van Reyk Steve Bonds Nathan Ngumi bas mensink Zach Weakland Rob Rollins Ryan Lowe Steven Mastronardo Joel Wasserman Clay Carroll Andrey Listochkin anon luvrhino Colonel Oneill Vegard Tønnessen Matthew Ward Romney Manassa Mars Project William Clark Emily D Alen Gordon Wilson James Joseph Kerckhoff Sethars Bruh 11 Jonny Minogue Alex G. SirAlpaka Tristan Kreller Melissa Prober Donald Weaver nullptr Sara Birnbaum Brian Giordano Richard Wolfe hefcluba pdswanfleet Yuichiro Kakutani LambOfLeg Yosef Waysman Eric Askins Azul Bravestrong Joshua A Bishop Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Emily Glover-Wilson JT96 Thomas Wang Phil and Lisa Toland Kirk Hoffman Tranier Bocaj Joker 54 Juan Benet Mik Scheper Allen Charles Doolittle Wolf Mark Ploegstra Anthony Uk Hunter Bayliss David Spellmeyer Scott Oppel Hiro P אורי פרקש I'm Not In The Description Sean Long Laurent Othacehe Manny F 0_DannyBoy Theodosius the Elder Lech Duraj Dustin Koellhoffer Jeffrey Schneider Sophie Winter Igor Stavchanskiy Ryan Haber Doug MacLean Danny Anstess Colm Boyle Gregory Priebe James R DeVries Tom Ebert Isabel Harrison Zachary Oertel John Gross-Whitaker Riley davidson Roko Lisica Robert Brockway Miky Hidalgo Morriss Heytun Kevin Phoenix Dan Reiher George Caponera Seth Reeves Dutchball Animations Chasen Le Hara Dr. Sarno Will Sullivan Rita Cragwall mohd Peter Konieczny Ian M AltHistoryConjectures Nathan Snyder Joel Cromwell Kinfe85 Andrew Sever Windischgraetz Shakira Graham mgnesium.poetry Ethan Harlow ConspiracyPizza Farquhar Ramshackle Lindorien Paul McGee Abdallah Al-Ammari João Santos Daniel O'Reilly Typhoon2401 Deadlock Markus Lindström Michael Corson blei95 Olaf Kasi Jan Bart Verbist Oto Kohulák Robin_Col M Scho Schwarzer Hai biohazardgamer James Tarsirrus Rhys Little Ben L Justin McDaid Jackarice26 Gina Service Harrison Tatem-Wyatt Twinny Hill KingKyumber Phil Johnston Rhys Jackson DarkLycan Roberticus1992 zemnmez Tom Pollard