Democratic (socialist/proto-fascist) de facto President Wilson signs the Jones-Shafroth Act, making all Puerto Ricans United states subject-citizens.  This as opposed to the lawful act of granting Puerto Rico its independence, or admitting it as a state, upon proper petition, into the nation.

       [updated 6/13/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix and Jim Lorenz for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

4/2/1917                    1/8/1918                   4/10/1922                    6/2/1924                  10/9/1940

7/3/1952                    4/1/1999

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 2 March 2008, News:18. [

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 290.

PUERTO RICO HERALD: 85 Years of US Citizenship
puertorico-herald.net/issues/2002/vol6n10/Citizenship-en.html

Chronology of Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American War – The World of 1898 The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division, Library of Congress).mht
www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/052216-2009-06-22-prayer-police-strike-again-the-rest-of-the-story.htm

 

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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