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Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States when Spain ceded the island to the United States in 1898. The Jones Act of 1917 granted all residents born in Puerto Rico citizenship to the US. Spanish Citizens (those born on Puerto Rico before 1898) were given the choice to accept US citizenship or retain their Spanish Citizenship.
The reason for the Jones act had to do with the US acquisition of the Dutch Virgin Islands (now the US Virgin Islands) during World War I. One of the conditions of the sale of the islands to the US was that all residents of the islands, including Puerto Rico be granted full US citizenship.
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∙ 15y agoI think that Puerto Rico should stay a commonwealth because then we would have to change all of the maps and flags. Puerto Rico should also stay a commonwealth because not many people would be able to vote that it would make a difference in our electoral collage system.
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∙ 13y agoBecause that is what they chose to be called although they are and remain a US Territory.
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∙ 13y agoPuerto Ricans have chosen to use the term Commonwealth mostly to avoid using the term US Territory. It is a looseinterpretation of the name chosen in their Constitution.
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Puerto Rico's current status in relation to US?
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States.
What Latin American country is self governing commonwealth of the US?
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated, self-governing territory of the United States and styles itself ( in English) as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Its name in Spanish, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, is more literally translated to English as "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico."
What term best describes Puerto Rico's political status?
Puerto Rico is part of the United States. It is called a commonwealth.
Is Puerto Rico a states in the us?
No the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is US Territory.No. Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States the same as The Virgin Islands, Guam, The Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Puerto Rico's official status is Commonwealth of the United States of America. (Estado Libre Asociado de Los Estados Unidos)
What country did Roberto clemente come from?
He was from the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is an island that is a commonwealth of?
It is the Commonwealth pf Puerto Rico and an unicorporated Territory of the US.
Is Puerto Rico finaly a state?
no * Puerto Rico is a commonwealth.
Puerto Rico's current status in relation to US?
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States.
What number state is Puerto Rico?
Puerto rico will never be a state
What is the state of Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico is officially named the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States.
What is the commonwealth of the US?
Puerto Rico
What is the Caribbean commonwealth?
Puerto Rico.
What Latin American country is self governing commonwealth of the US?
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated, self-governing territory of the United States and styles itself ( in English) as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Its name in Spanish, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, is more literally translated to English as "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico."
What is Puerto Ricos official name?
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Of what country is Puerto Rico a commonwealth?
Puerto Rico is an organized unincorporated territory of the United States. Its name in English is the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Its Spanish name is Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, which translates to English as the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico. So, Puerto Rico is sometimes called a Commonwealth in Free Association with the United States. But it is subject to the laws of the United States.
Is Puerto Rico a us commonwealth?
Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States with the political status of Commonwealth. It is also known as a free associated state (literal translation of the political status from Spanish to English). Puerto Rico is not a commonwealth in the same way as Britain's commonwealth countries.
What is Puerto Rico's indepndentce?
Puerto Rico's independence is the ideology that believes that Puerto Rico should be a sovereign nation, and not a commonwealth of the United States.
