Puerto Rico the modern colony

read chapter 4 from Harvest of Empire on Puerto Rico Watch this short documentary The Empire Files: Puerto Rico’s Debt to its Oppressors (there are two links because part I and part II are broken up. They are less than 15 minutes each.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bArxHAsJOKQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvftC5MABLs Once you have read the chapter and watched both segments of the documentary respond to these questions: (2 page range) What did you learn about Puerto Rican history from the chapter and the documentary? What is Puerto Rico’s political status? Do you think this is just? From the perspective of the U.S., what are the uses of Puerto Rico? What is some of the history and who are some of the Puerto Rican heroes the professors and activists revive in the documentary?