Spanish American War

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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	INTRODUCTION		2
	DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION		3
	THE KEY TO THE INDIES		4
	IMPORTANT DATES IN THE HISTORY OF PUERTO RICO		5
	FIRST DEFENSE...LA FORTALEZA		6
	SAN FELIPE DEL MORRO		7
	WORD SEARCH		8
	THE FIRST ENGLISH ATTACK...SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (1595)		9
	SECOND ATTEMPT...SIR GEORGE CLIFFORD (1598)		10
	MILITARY STRATEGY...TO LAY SIEGE TO A FORTIFICATION		11
	THE FORT OF SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ (1610) - EL CAÑUELO		12
	THE DUTCH ATTACK...BOUDEWIJN HENDRIKCZ		13
	CROSSWORD PUZZLE OF FORTIFICATIONS AND DEFENSES		14
	SAN CRISTOBAL AND THE WALLS OF SAN JUAN		15
	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER		16
	ACTIVITY: RECIPE FOR "SANCOCHO"		17
	ACTIVITY: COMMON ELEMENTS IN THE CASTLES		18
	CANNONS AND MORTARS...ARTILLERY IN THE CASTLES		19
	ACTIVITY: TO FIRE A CANNON		20
	THE "SITUADO" (ALLOWANCE) AND THE MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION		21
	HOW A DEFENSE OF THE FIRST ORDER IS CONSTRUCTED		22
	THE LAST ENGLISH ATTACK...SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY		23
	COMPONENTS OF THE UNIFORM OF THE SPANISH INFANTRYMEN - 18 CENTURY		24
	GROWTH OF THE POPULATION - DEMOLITION OF THE WALLS		25
	1898 - THE YEAR OF CHANGE		26
	ACTIVITY: MATCH THE MAIN ATTACKS AGAINST THE CITADEL OF SAN JUAN		27
	WORLD HERITAGE		28
	THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE		29
	GLOSSARY		30
	CROSSWORD ANSWERS		31

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