Costa+Rica+History

= = =//Costa Rica History //= = =  Do you know about the history of Costa Rica? When the Spanish attacked Costa Rica, and tried to take over, the Natives tried very hard to keep the Spanish from taking over, but they could not keep them out forever, eventually they got in. Even after the Spanish took over and populated the area, they still made small attacks in secret. The Government in Spain had commanded them to convert the people to Catholic, because of that, much of the country now is Catholic. Get this, many people in Costa Rica did not have enough money to pay the amount of taxes that the Spanish had commanded them to pay, so they payed their taxes by cocoa beans! After Mexico broke away from Spain in 1821, they tried to take Costa Rica as part of their 'Empire'. The people of Costa Rica did not want to be part of Mexico, so they joined the United Provinces of Central America. Later they broke away and became their own country, one of the only Democracy's in Central America. One of the only things that scientists have found of an artifact of history is pottery, get this, it dates back to 1000B.C.! That's old! One strange thing that scientists  have found is giant stone balls. They do not know where it came from or why it is there! It still is a mystery!

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