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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 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 ...
The Puerto Rico campaign was the American military sea and land operation on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War. The offensive began on May 12, 1898, when the United States Navy attacked the capital, San Juan .
Puerto Rico has not become a state because of a combination of decisions taken — or not taken — by the mainland and the island. On the mainland, the U.S. government in 1898 did not feel much ...
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.
The following is a timeline of the history ... for Puerto Rico begins. United States Military Government ends. ... European discovery and Spanish conquest of Puerto ...
Spanish settlement of Puerto Rico began in the early 1500s shortly after the formation of the Spanish state in 1493 (continuing until 1898 as a colony of Spain) and continues to the present day. The most significant Spanish immigration wave occurred during the colonial period, continuing with smaller numbers arriving during the 20th century to ...
The royal family that ruled over most of Borikén, now known as Puerto Rico, during the pre-Columbian Taíno period used the honorific "Agüeybana" a title that was akin to "High Chief", which has been translated as the European concept of "king" in some English sources, [11] [12] and that also doubled as a family name.