The United States received the property as part of the settlement of the Spanish-American War. Due to Puerto Rico's strategic location and its distance away from the Panama Canal, the US only strengthen its ties to the island.
Puerto Rico also inhabits a kind of strange legal limbo land with regards to its sovereignty and owership. It is technically the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. All Puerto Ricans are US Citizens, but it is not a full State, not a Territory, and not an Administered Region. In all likelihood, should a referendum declaring independence pass at some point, it would be legally binding (which is NOT the case for Territories and States, which cannot legally secede). Until such a point, however, Puerto Rico is considered legal US soil, and thus, is "owned" by the United States.
The United States and Puerto Rico thus began a long-standing relationship. Puerto Rico began the 20th century under the military rule of the U.S. with officials, including the governor, appointed by the President of the United States. The Foraker Act of 1900 gave Puerto Rico a certain amount of civilian popular government, including a popularly elected House of Representatives, also a judicial system following the American legal system that includes both state courts and federal courts establishing a Puerto Rico Supreme Court and an United State District Court; and a non-voting member of Congress, by the title of "Resident Commissioner. In 1917, "Puerto Ricans were collectively made U.S. citizens" via the Jones Act. The same Act also provided for a popularly elected Senate to complete a bicameral Legislative Assembly, a Bill of Rights and authorized the election of a Resident Commissioner to a four year term. As a result of their new U.S. citizenship, many Puerto Ricans were drafted into World War I and all subsequent wars with U.S. participation in which a national military draft was in effect.
CommonwealthIn 1947, the U.S. granted Puerto Ricans the right to elect democratically their own governor. Luis Muñoz Marín was elected during the 1948 general elections, becoming the first popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico. In 1950, the U.S. Congress approved Public Law 600 (P.L. 81-600) which allowed for a democratic referendum in Puerto Rico to determine whether Puerto Ricans desired to draft their own local constitution. This Act left unchanged all the articles under the Jones Act of 1917 that regulated the relationships between Puerto Rico and the United States.On October 30, 1950, Pedro Albizu Campos and other nationalists led a 3-day revolt against the United States in various cities and towns of Puerto Rico. The most notable occurred in Jayuya and Utuado. In the Jayuya revolt, known as the Jayuya Uprising, the United States declared martial law and attacked Jayuya with infantry, artillery and bombers. The Utuado Uprising culminated in what is known as the Utuado massacre. On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempted to assassinate President Harry S Truman. Torresola was killed during the attack, but Collazo was captured. Collazo served 29 years in a federal prison, being released in 1979. Don Pedro Albizu Campos also served many years in a federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia, for seditious conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government in Puerto Rico.
The Constitution of Puerto Rico was approved by a Constitutional Convention on February 6, 1952, ratified by the U.S. Congress, approved by President Truman on July 3 of that year, and proclaimed by Gov. Muñoz Marín on July 25, 1952, on the anniversary of the arrival of U.S. troops to Puerto Rico in 1898, until then an annual Puerto Rico holiday. Puerto Rico adopted the name of Estado Libre Asociado (literally translated as "Free Associated State"), officially translated into English as Commonwealth, for its body politic. The United States Congress legislates over many fundamental aspects of Puerto Rican life, including citizenship, currency, postal service, foreign affairs, military defense, communications, labor relations, the environment, commerce, finance, health and welfare, and many others.
During the 1950s Puerto Rico experienced rapid industrialization, due in large part to Operación Manos a la Obra ("Operation Bootstrap"), an offshoot of FDR's New Deal, which aimed to transform Puerto Rico's economy from agriculture-based to manufacturing-based. Presently, Puerto Rico has become a major tourist destination, and it is the world's leading pharmaceutical manufacturing center. Yet it still struggles to define its political status. Three plebiscites have been held in recent decades to resolve the political status but no changes have been attained. Support for the pro-statehood party, Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), and the pro-commonwealth party, Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), remains about equal. The only registered pro-independence party, the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP), usually receives 3-5% of the electoral votes.
Puerto Rico was acquired for the United States in the 1800s. It was acquired so that America could amass a great navy to protect its waters.
Because it is a US Territory.
Spoils of the Spanish-American War.
Spanish American War 1898
yes
A person who lives in Puerto Rico already lives in the US because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory of the US. People born in Puerto Rico as US citizens. So, if you are a legal resident of Puerto Rico you can move to any other part of the US if you want to and can pay for the transportation to get there.
Puerto Rico is a territory of the USA. It means the 2 countries have a diplomatic, military, and economic alliance.You may want to revisit the Puerto Rico question- PR is not a territory, but is a Commonwealth- and is part of the US, not a separate country. If you were born in PR, you are a US Citizen.Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the USA. Its citizens cannot vote in presidential elections because it is not a state.
You can travel anywhere you want as long as you bring your passport and student visa with you!
The Spanish American war was a conflict between USA and Spain over Cuba in 1898. In the aftermath of this conflict USA not only gained control over Cuba but also ceased control of Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico from Spain.
It is a part of the United States, but is not a State, it remains a Territory
It did not want Puerto Rico, it wanted Spain out of its sphere of influence.
pretty,very pretty....want to be friends
because
It will depend where in Puerto Rico you want to stay, when you want to go, what kind of accommodation and meal plan you want to include with your package.
Because, they are SJA
A person who lives in Puerto Rico already lives in the US because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory of the US. People born in Puerto Rico as US citizens. So, if you are a legal resident of Puerto Rico you can move to any other part of the US if you want to and can pay for the transportation to get there.
he wated independence for puerto ricans
I want to find a [male] friend that lives in Puerto Rico.
on the outside the people of puerto rico say they want independence. on the inside they want to stay as they are, and receive all the benefits that the U.S. gives away.
It means: I want to meet a friend who lives in Puerto Rico.
when the U.S. win the spanish American can war, Spain gave Puerto Rico as a "dont hurt us gift" Puerto Rico is a commonwealth to the U.S. we offered to add them to a 51st state.the U.S. would want to control Puerto Rico for its own purposes
because they are imperialist pigs.