The History of Puerto Rico and Impact of Spanish Colonial Rule

The influence of the Spanish colonial rule under the Spanish rule to study the history of Puerto Rico and the history of Puerto Rico helps identify problems seen in the concept of contemporary Puerto Rican identity. This concept of national identity derives from the belief that Puerto Rico is a "self-defined group of people with a sense of unity based on beliefs about common legacy and political rights claiming to involve self-determination" (Morris 12). But this contemporary concept of solidarity is inconsistent with the ethnic and class differences of Puerto Rican society in 1898.

Spanish colonialism on the history of the Puerto Rican Puerto Rican people. The name will soon be reminiscent of the beauty of the beautiful tropical island. The name "Puerto Rico" usually does not form the image of the Tinian Indians or African slaves, but these groups are important for laying the foundation of Puerto Rico's identity concept. - Thomas Kid's justice and revenge in Thomas Kidd's "Tragedy of Spain", Thomas Kid had always the theme of justice and revenge. Justice is the highest law of land, without the justice the country suffers, the country which is easy to care about the social position has no reason to stick. Therefore, people with power will respect justice. However, revenge breaks a subtle balance of putting together a Spanish society.

Prior to the Spanish-American war, since the discovery of the Spaniards in 1493, Puerto Rico moved to sovereign independent nation for the first time in history. But before completing the transition to independent autonomy, the US Navy bombed San Juan the capital, kicked out Spanish leaders from the island and consolidated the US in every problem in Puerto Rico. As stated in the book "War Against All Puerto Ricans", the United States demanded the right to self-determination of Puerto Rico and the independence movement of the 1950s by the murder, torture and imprisonment of the Puerto Rican nationalists who fought Responded. Independent sports leader Pedro Albizu Campos was captured in prison cell, tortured, and received fatal radiation poisoning

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 Taino's country conquered by the Spaniards, destroyed, confused by Africans, oppressed, then dominated 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.