Useful Links
The Jones Act of 1917: Origins and Discontents
https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/HAIC/Historical-Essays/Foreign-Domestic/Puerto-Rico/
The Law That Made Puerto Ricans U.S. Citizens, yet Not Fully AmericanThe Jones Act Was Part of a Legal Patchwork That Bolstered Commercial Ties to the Island but Treated Residents as Foreigners
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/03/06/law-made-puerto-ricans-u-s-citizens-yet-not-fully-american/ideas/essay/
The Jones Act made Puerto Ricans citizens, yet not fully American
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0316-puerto-rico-20180314-story.html
legacy of the Jones Act
https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/through-puerto-rican-lens-legacy-jones-act
Summary of the Act
https://immigrationhistory.org/item/jones-shafroth-act/
Primary Sources
H.R. 9533, An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico (Jones-Shafroth Act), June 30, 1916
https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/artifact/hr-9533-act-provide-civil-government-porto-rico-jones-shafroth-act-june-30 |