Useful Links
Chronology of Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American War
https://loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronpr.html
Puerto Rico: A U.S. Territory in Crisis
“The Caribbean island, which shares a close yet fraught relationship with the rest of the United States, faces a multilayered economic and social crisis, rooted in long-standing policy and compounded by natural disasters, the coronavirus pandemic, migration, and government mismanagement.”
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/puerto-rico-us-territory-crisis
What Does Being A U.S. Territory Mean For Puerto Rico?
https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557500279/what-does-being-a-u-s-territory-mean-for-puerto-rico
Puerto Ricans Reflect On A Century Of (Limited) Citizenship
https://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/517999997/puerto-ricans-reflect-on-a-century-of-limited-citizenship
Ruling America's Colonies: The Insular Cases
https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/17212/04_32YaleL_PolyRev57_2013_2014_.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
Acquisition of Puerto Rico & The Status of its Citizens
https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/HAIC/Historical-Essays/Foreign-Domestic/Puerto-Rico/
The Changing of the Guard: Puerto Rico in 1898
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/bras.html
https://loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronpr.html
Puerto Rico: A U.S. Territory in Crisis
“The Caribbean island, which shares a close yet fraught relationship with the rest of the United States, faces a multilayered economic and social crisis, rooted in long-standing policy and compounded by natural disasters, the coronavirus pandemic, migration, and government mismanagement.”
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/puerto-rico-us-territory-crisis
What Does Being A U.S. Territory Mean For Puerto Rico?
https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557500279/what-does-being-a-u-s-territory-mean-for-puerto-rico
Puerto Ricans Reflect On A Century Of (Limited) Citizenship
https://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/517999997/puerto-ricans-reflect-on-a-century-of-limited-citizenship
Ruling America's Colonies: The Insular Cases
https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/17212/04_32YaleL_PolyRev57_2013_2014_.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
Acquisition of Puerto Rico & The Status of its Citizens
https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/HAIC/Historical-Essays/Foreign-Domestic/Puerto-Rico/
The Changing of the Guard: Puerto Rico in 1898
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/bras.html
Primary & Secondary Sources
Bitter Harvest: A Puerto Rican Farmer Laments U.S. Control of the Island
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/59
The Foraker act
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/foraker.html
https://college.cengage.com/history/world/keen/latin_america/8e/assets/students/sources/pdfs/167_foraker_act_of_1900.pdf
American Subjects or Citizens?
This photo essay depicts life in Puerto Rico, one of America's newest territories. The photographer captured images from the street of market peddlers and coffee hullers, livestock and trade. Courtesy of The New York Public Library.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/subjects-citizens?item=2171
The White Man’s Burden
Many Americans saw the US as a more culturally refined and technologically advanced nation with the responsibility to civilize others. This photo essay works to educate others on Puerto Rico, highlighting its "bad road" and "primitive peasant huts." Courtesy of The New York Public Library.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/white-mans-burden
American educators instructed Puerto Rican teachers in the traditions and benefits of U.S education.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/colonial-education?item=2190
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/59
The Foraker act
https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/foraker.html
https://college.cengage.com/history/world/keen/latin_america/8e/assets/students/sources/pdfs/167_foraker_act_of_1900.pdf
American Subjects or Citizens?
This photo essay depicts life in Puerto Rico, one of America's newest territories. The photographer captured images from the street of market peddlers and coffee hullers, livestock and trade. Courtesy of The New York Public Library.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/subjects-citizens?item=2171
The White Man’s Burden
Many Americans saw the US as a more culturally refined and technologically advanced nation with the responsibility to civilize others. This photo essay works to educate others on Puerto Rico, highlighting its "bad road" and "primitive peasant huts." Courtesy of The New York Public Library.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/white-mans-burden
American educators instructed Puerto Rican teachers in the traditions and benefits of U.S education.
https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-empire/colonization/colonial-education?item=2190