[DOC] [TLE] The 1917 Jones Act: Puerto Ricans as U.S. Citizens | Franky Bentez [PAR] Jan 30, 2011 ... This meant that as U.S. citizens, eligible Puerto Rican males were ..... Puerto 
Ricans have always voted for Commonwealth and Congress has ... This post just 
reminds people the real reasons behind why Puerto Ricans became US citizens. 
.... exploitation can make the island an example in the Caribbean. [DOC] [TLE] Puerto Rican citizenship - Wikipedia [PAR] Puerto Rican citizenship was first legislated by the United States Congress in 
Article 7 of the ... Williams which denied that Puerto Ricans were United States 
citizens and labeled them as noncitizen nationals ... The Spanish Government 
recognizes Puerto Ricans as a people with Puerto Rican, "and not American," 
citizenship... [DOC] [TLE] United States Virgin Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The U.S. Virgin Islands officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a 
group of islands in the Caribbean that are .... The United States took possession 
of the islands on March 31, 1917 and the territory was renamed the .... Unlike 
persons born on the mainland and naturalized citizens who derive their 
citizenship from... [DOC] [TLE] 7 FAM 1120 Acquisition of U.S. Nationality in U.S. Territories and ... [PAR] (2) Puerto Rico and the Philippines, although they had become U.S. territory, 
were ... 7 FAM 1121.4 Laws Governing Status of Persons Born in Outlying 
Possessions .... Aliens born in Puerto Rico could acquire citizenship by 
naturalization in the ... declaration mentioned in Section 5 became U.S. citizens 
as of March 2, 1917:. [DOC] [TLE] History of Puerto Rico - 1900 - 1949 [PAR] Puerto Rico became U.S. first unincorporated territory. ... Congress and 
recommended that Puerto Ricans become United States citizens. ... This gave the 
island a legislature (19 senators, 39 representatives) elected freely by the Puerto 
Rican people. .... (In 1917, U.S. citizenship granted to Puerto Ricans was a 
naturalized... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Territories and Commonwealths | InterExchange [PAR] Aug 13, 2012 ... Located in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, these islands are ... Guam - 
Guam first became a U.S. territory in 1898 when the U.S. won ... relationship with 
the United States and became a commonwealth, instead of selecting 
independence. ... Unlike other territories, the citizens of American Samoa are... [DOC] [TLE] Would Puerto Rico Give Up U.S. Citizenship? - Puerto Rico 51st [PAR] If Puerto Rico becomes a sovereign nation, acquisition of U.S. citizenship based 
... At the present time both the statehood and commonwealth parties include 
definite ... As citizens of the United States living in the State of Puerto Rico, the 
people of ... the Foraker Act from 1900 to 1917 when statutory citizenship was 
granted. [DOC] [TLE] Citizenship and the American Empire - Penn Law: Legal ... [PAR] the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in Washington and Special Counsel to the 
Gov- .... insular territories foreshadowed each people's receptiveness to 
American rule and ..... The status of national, as distinguished from citizen, 
became a convenient construct ..... naturalization of the Puerto Ricans in 1917 
and the creation of a. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Supreme Court asked to review Puerto Ricans' U.S. citizenship [PAR] Oct 8, 1999 ... SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Jennifer Efron is a U.S. citizen because she was 
born ... millions of Puerto Rico-born citizens both in this Caribbean territory and 
on ... a statutory U.S. citizenship in 1917, it technically could revoke it -- ... Juan 
attorney and real estate developer who became a U.S. naturalized [DOC] [TLE] Puerto Rico facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] BECAME A COMMONWEALTH: 25 July 1952. .... Residents of Puerto Rico have 
been considered as US citizens since 1917, when the island was ceded to the... [DOC] [TLE] Born in the USA, but Not Natural Born - University of Pennsylvania ... [PAR] But immigrants who become United States citizens through a natu- .... 
Commonwealth status; but the unique status is not statehood within the meaning 
of the ..... the affirmative declaration that 'all persons born or naturalized in the ...... 
the Caribbean.140 ..... all citizens in Puerto Rico through the Jones Act of 1917.
170. [DOC] [TLE] The Fairest Island. - Library of

Question: In 1917 the people of this U.S. commonwealth in the Caribbean became naturalized citizens
Answer: Puerto Rico