The History of Colonial Rule of Puerto Rico by United States

History of Puerto Rican colonial rule On July 25, 1898, America arrived in Puerto Rico. America broke the Spaniards and occupied the island. Americans threaten Puerto Rican, but the Puerto Rican are still full of hope. Americans are representatives of the free world. They wrote the Constitution and submitted a right claim for the inhabitants.

Puerto Rico has been the territory of the United States since 1898 (read: colony), in 1917 the Puerto Rican acquire American citizenship through the Congressional Act. However, the Puerto Ricans who live in Puerto Rico do not enjoy the full benefit of becoming a US citizen. For example, Puerto Rico's funds declined by 38% despite paying the same level health insurance tax as the other 50 states. People living in Puerto Rico can not vote for the President of the United States (but they can vote for the president's primary) and they are not voting in Congress.

In 1898, America invaded Puerto Rico with the goal of destroying Spanish colonialism. After the war, Puerto Ricans expect freedom, or at least a higher standard of living than before. However, they have experienced more forms of racial discrimination, cultural alienation, colonial exploitation. Our country was originally conquered by the Spaniards, destroyed, confused by the Africans, oppressed, then governed by Anglo. This is our history and a starting point to understand the current Puerto Rican struggle. As I know this history it is appropriate to appeal to those who think today's Puerto Rico problem as a specialist, not as a student. It also requires us to understand that it is not meant to be part of the United States that being a federal state.

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated area of ​​the Caribbean USA. The island is also known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the capital is in San Juan. Puerto Rico citizens are official citizens of the United States, but Puerto Rico is territory rather than country. In other words, Puerto Rican citizens can not vote for the U.S. federal election and will not participate in Congress. According to historians and archeologists, former inhabitants of Puerto Rico are known as orthoiroid people engaged in fishing and hunting. It is thought that these Ortoiroid people arrived on the island before 250 BC. In the 11th century, Taino culture was the main culture of the island. People who practice this culture mean "the country of the king of the nobility" named "Boriken". Christopher Columbus arrived at the coast in November 1493. Puerto Rico became a Spanish colony in 1520