IN 1493 COLUMBUS LANDED HERE AND HE NAMED IT SANTA CRUZ. THE CARIB INDIANS DROVE HIM AWAY. HE SAILED NORTHWARD TO A GROUP OF ISLANDS. THE FRENCH LOOKOVER THE ISLAND IN 1650. IT LIES 70 MILES EAST OF PUERTO RICO.
IT HAS 53 ISLANDS WITHIN 36 SQUARE MILES. ONE ISLAND IS GOOD FOR AGRICULTURE. ANOTHER HAS A GOOD PORT FOR COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEY BROUGHT SLAVES IN. IN 2000 THEY HAD ABOUT 120,000 FOLKS, BLACKS HAVE 80% OF POPULATION,ENGLISH IS MAIN LANGUAGE. U.S. TOOK OVER THE ISLAND IN 1917 AND ENGLISH BECAME THE MAIN LANGUAGE. THERE ARE 35% SPANISH SPEAKERS. THERE SSYMBOLIC BIRD IS IS THE YELLOW ELDER. THEY HAVE AN EAGLE ON THE OLIVE BRANCH WITH BLUE INITIALS, THE BREAST OF THE EAGLE HAS A SHILED OF THE U.S.
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