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From the start of the conquest of Puerto Rico, Castilians ruled over the religious (Catholicism) and political life. Some came to the island for just a few years and then returned to Spain. However, many stayed. Among Puerto Rico's founding families were the Castilian Ponce de León family.
El Morro, Puerto Rico's main military fortification. Puerto Rico was considered the "Key to the Caribbean" by the Spanish because of its location as a way station and port for Spanish vessels. [10] In 1540, with revenue from Mexican mines, the Spanish settlers began the construction of Fort San Felipe del Morro ("the promontory") in San Juan.
The military defense of Puerto Rico is the responsibility of the United States as part of the Treaty of Paris.Locally, Puerto Rico has its own National Guard, the Puerto Rico National Guard, and its own state defense force, the Puerto Rico State Guard, which, by local law, is under the authority of the Puerto Rico National Guard.
The Agüeybana family lived in Cayabo, located in the southern region of the main island of Puerto Rico, an agriculturally fertile region, from which they coordinated military and political actions with the lesser caciques (in regions that ranged from the central area of Utuado and Orocovis to Arecibo, among others) scattered through the ...
On January 15, 1899, the military government changed the name of Puerto Rico to Porto Rico (U.S. Congress would later change the name back to "Puerto Rico" on May 17, 1932) and the island's currency was changed from the Puerto Rican peso to the American dollar, integrating the island's currency into the U.S. monetary system.
“For a lot of people, they feel that to live in Puerto Rico, it’s an act of survival,” Meléndez-Badillo said. Still, Puerto Rico is, according to Colón, “by far the most important ...
The Puerto Rican status quo was again altered in 1909 when the Foraker Act, which replaced military rule with a civilian government in Puerto Rico, was modified by the Olmsted Amendment. [59] This amendment placed the supervision of Puerto Rican affairs in the jurisdiction of an executive department designated by the president of the United ...
Before the sailors returned to their ship, Barclay organized a citizens militia to patrol the town and appointed Dr. Veve as military governor of the eastern region of Puerto Rico. [5] [6] Captain Ángel Rivero Méndez was ordered to investigate the situation in Fajardo. He was told that the Americans no longer occupied the city and that it ...