We don't really consider Puerto Rico as a state but it is U.S. territory.
That may someday happen.
On 21 august 1959 when Hawaii became the 50th US state
Puerto Rico is the territory and protectorate you seek.
Rhode Island is the smallest US state.
by the first state
one star=one state hence fifty stars, fifty states
Ronald Reagan
50.
That may happen some day, but for now it is a US Territory.
Dwight Eisenhower was president of the U.S. when Hawaii became the 50th state. Is that what you mean by "control"?
Yes, it is the 49th state.
In any U.S. state. All fifty.