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During the Spanish American War, U.S. forces invade Puerto Rico. In December, the Treaty of Paris ends the war and gives the U.S. ownership of the island
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Spain finally allows Puerto Rico to be an independent island. Unfortunately, the U.S would immediately take control of the island due to the Spanish-American war.
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The Spanish extraction from Puerto Rico was completed as the final troops left San Juan for Spain.
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Hurricane San Ciriaco hit Puerto Rico. One of the most vicious hurricanes in the history of the island, it resulted in many thousand deaths and casued a major economic crisis.
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President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act, which allows island residents to organize their own government.This included;establishing civil government and free commerce between the island and United States.
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President McKinley named an Executive Cabinet under Gov. Charles H. Allen that included five Puerto Rican members--José Celso Barbosa, Rosendo Matienzo Cintrón, José de Diego, Manuel Camuñas and Andrés Crosas
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Federico Degetau takes office in Washington as the first Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico
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U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt addressed the Puerto Rican Congress and recommended that Puerto Ricans become United States citizens, on one of his trips to Puerto Rico.
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The Olmsted Amendment to the Foraker Act of 1900 became law. The Olmsted Act stated that whenever the Puerto Rican legislature adjourned without consensus about appropriations for the support of the government, the sums appropriated from the previous year would be considered appropriate.The legislation was a response to a governmental crisis in Puerto Rico in early 1909.
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It gave Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship and a bill of rights and also established a locally elected Senate and House of Representatives, When Presient Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act.
