1898

U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico; Puerto Rican people

Military conquest transferred colonial authority from Spain to the United States. Dunbar-Ortiz connects the personnel and methods of overseas expansion to prior continental campaigns.

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Context / qualification

Territorial status and later citizenship laws require separate entries.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 9
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 9

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