History Of Puerto Rico
Library of Congress/Spanish American War Introduction
United States U.S. interest in purchasing Cuba had begun long before 1898. Following the Ten Years War, American sugar interests bought up large tracts of land in Cuba. Alterations in the U.S. sugar tariff favoring home-grown beet sugar helped foment the rekindling of revolutionary fervor in 1895. By that time the U.S. had more than $50 million invested in Cuba and annual trade, mostly in sugar, was worth twice that much. Fervor for war had been growing in the United States, despite President Grover Cleveland 's proclamation of neutrality on June 12, 1895. But sentiment to enter the conflict grew in the United States when General Valeriano Weyler began implementing a policy of Reconcentration that moved the population into central locations guarded by Spanish troops and placed the entire country under martial law in February 1896. By December 7, President Cleveland reversed himself declaring that the United States might intervene should Spain fail to end the crisis in Cuba. Pres ... [Read More]
History of of Vieques, Puerto Rico
During the 1940s, the US Navy acquired about 25,000 acres on the western and eastern ends of Vieques, Puerto Rico, an island located about seven miles southeast of mainland Puerto Rico. Vieques was used for naval gunfire support and air-to-ground ordnance training from the 1940's until May 1, 2003, when the Navy ceased all military operations on the island and transferred its property on the eastern side of the island to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior (DOI). The land was designated as a wildlife refuge. About 8,100 acres of land on the western side of the island, which had been used for the munitions storage, was transferred to DOI, the municipality of Vieques and the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust on May 1, 2001. ... [Read More]
GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Puerto Rico
Law Library of Congress | GLIN | Century of Lawmaking | Library of Congress ... CRS Report 97-526 - Puerto Rico: A Chronology of Political Status History - available to the public via Counting California and in text/PDF from the Senate ... (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers background information and links ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico: Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
Library of Congress >> Global Gateway >> Portals to the World ... The Library of Congress >> Global Gateway ... History ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-CenturyPerspectives portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-personaccounts, political writings, and histories drawn from the Library of Congress's GeneralCollections. Among the topics it highlights are the land and its resources, relations with Spain,the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of theSpanish-American War. The materials in the collection were published between 1831 and 1929and consist of 39 political pamphlets, 13 monographs, and 1 journal. The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain andpreserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program isto offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution ... [Read More]
Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake History of Puerto Rico
Four strong earthquakes have affected Puerto Rico since the beginning of itscolonization. The most recent of these occurred on October 11, 1918. Theepicenter was located northwest of Aguadilla in the Mona Canyon (between PuertoRico and the Dominican Republic). This earthquake had an approximate magnitudeof 7.5 on the Richter scale and was accompanied by a tsunami ("tidal" wave)which got up to 6 meters (19.5 feet) high. Damage was concentrated in thewestern area of the Island because this was the closest zone to the earthquake.The earthquake killed about 116 people and caused more than 4million dollars of damage. Numerous houses, factories, publicbuildings, chimneys, bridges and other structures suffered severe damage. ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico and the Island Areas
Puerto Rico and the island areas were enumerated as part of the Census 2000 operation, with a census day of April 1, 2000. Puerto Rico processing will be done with the rest of the U.S. while the island areas will be processed separately because the questionnaire was modified to fit local needs. ... History and Geography of the Areas ... Statistical Information Office ... [Read More]
Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Information for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Earthquake History of Puerto Rico ... Virgin Islands: Historical Images of Earthquakes, from the Kozak Collection ... Maps of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands ... [Read More]
Tetanus --- Puerto Rico, 2002
Recommendations for the use of Td and TIG for wound care depend on the nature of the wound and the patient's vaccination history. Persons who have received a primary tetanus vaccination series but who have not had a Td booster during the 10 years preceding any injury should receive a booster dose. Persons who present with wounds contaminated with dirt, feces, or saliva, deep wounds, or wounds with necrotic tissue and who have not had a booster during the preceding 5 years also should receive a dose of Td. Persons who have never received tetanus vaccination or those with unknown or uncertain vaccination histories should receive the first dose of a primary series at the time of presentation. These patients also should receive TIG (250 units injected intramuscularly at a site distant from that used for Td administration) unless the wound is superficial and clean, because a single dose of Td in the absence of previous tetanus vaccination will not induce the production of protective levels ... [Read More]
Today in History: October 18
In the early 1880s, Puerto Ricans (at the time under Spanish rule) began to work for independent government. They reached their goal in 1897; however, a year later, control of the island fell into the hands of the United States. Under the provisions of the 1898 Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded the island to the United States. ... After 1830, improved colonial administration fostered a successful plantation economy based on the production of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. The island's population jumped from just 45,000 in 1765 to 155,426 in 1800; some 13,000 of these people were slaves. By 1900, nearly a million people lived on the 3435 square miles of Puerto Rico. ... [Read More]
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