women (according to "Holt American Nation" textbook.
American citizenship
The commonwealth you are referring to is Puerto Rico. Inhabitants of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship through the Jones-Shafroth Act, which was enacted in 1917 during World War I. This act established U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans while also providing a local government structure. Puerto Rico remains a U.S. territory today, with its residents enjoying U.S. citizenship but lacking full voting representation in Congress.
No one "granted' independence to the colonies. They declared it, and fought for it. It was taken by force. That was the whole driver behind the Revolutionary war.
They were granted U.S. citizenship :)
he was in the revolutionary war
It granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to African Americans. It granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to African Americans.
American citizenship
The British demand for the colonist to pay increasing taxes was a main cause of the Revolutionary War. The colonist demanded representation but it was not granted to them.
The commonwealth you are referring to is Puerto Rico. Inhabitants of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship through the Jones-Shafroth Act, which was enacted in 1917 during World War I. This act established U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans while also providing a local government structure. Puerto Rico remains a U.S. territory today, with its residents enjoying U.S. citizenship but lacking full voting representation in Congress.
No one "granted' independence to the colonies. They declared it, and fought for it. It was taken by force. That was the whole driver behind the Revolutionary war.
Alexander Hamilton was the cabinet member who convinced congress to pay revolutionary war debts in full.
yes
They were granted U.S. citizenship :)
That depends entirely on what you mean by "revolutionary." The war for independence was revolutionary enough that it granted the American colonies freedom from an overruling government, but it wasn't revolutionary enough to grant the colonies everything that they wanted in the Treaty of Paris.
Up until the end of the Mexican-American war in 1848, the Hispanic population of the Southwest formed part of an independent Mexico. Following this, the population were granted full American citizenship and voting rights.
The civil war begun in 1961 and ended in 1965.ÊIn 1868 African-Americans were granted full citizenship. In 1870, the Fifth Amendment is enacted giving all people the right to vote.
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