[DOC] [TLE] Puerto Rico - Wikipedia [PAR] Puerto Rico officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre 
Asociado de .... By approximately 1000 AD, it had become dominant. .... They 
raised what they called the Puerto Rican flag, which was adopted as the national 
flag. .... The bill (to permit Puerto Rico to write its own constitution) merely 
authorizes... [DOC] [TLE] Commonwealth (U.S. insular area) - Wikipedia [PAR] In the terminology of the United States insular areas, a Commonwealth is a type 
of organized ... It has, for example, been applied to both states and territories. ... 
an area that is self-governing under a constitution of its adoption and whose right 
of ... As sovereign states, these islands have full right to conduct their own foreign
... [DOC] [TLE] State constitution (United States) - Wikipedia [PAR] In the United States, each state has its own constitution. Usually, they are longer 
than the 8,500-word federal Constitution and are more detailed regarding the day
-to-day relationships between government and the people. The shortest is the 
Constitution of Vermont, adopted in 1793 and currently ..... The Territory of Guam 
does not have its own constitution, but operates under... [DOC] [TLE] Puerto Rico is a Territory of the United States - Puerto Rico Report [PAR] Jul 3, 2011 ... The term commonwealth was adopted by Puerto Rico as the official English ... 
Rico to adopt their own constitution and to organize a local government [.] ... Rico 
was territory which had been incorporated in the Union or become a part of the .... 
The [Puerto Rican] constitution of 1952 modified aspects of civil... [DOC] [TLE] Puerto Rico's Relationship with the United States? - US History Scene [PAR] For the first time, the majority of Puerto Ricans voted to become a U.S. State. ... 
Puerto Rico is currently a commonwealth of the United States. ... parts of the 
United States Constitution apply, an organized territory: a United States insular 
area for ... definitions, each with its own set of ever-changing rights and 
responsibilities. [DOC] [TLE] In New Supreme Court Amicus Brief, Obama Administration ... [PAR] Dec 28, 2015 ... In 1952, Puerto Rico officially became the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an 
entity with its own local constitution that is neither a state of the Union nor an ... 
Rico's adoption of a constitution did not change its constitutional status. ... But it 
remains a territory under the sovereignty of the United States and... [DOC] [TLE] Constitution Check: Is Puerto Rico just a colony under Congress's ... [PAR] Oct 2, 2015 ... A divided Puerto Rico Supreme Court overruled its prior ... rules and regulations 
respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States. ... status 
in 1952, when the people wrote their own constitution  albeit under a ... its own, 
to enforce the criminal laws that it enacted as a commonwealth... [DOC] [TLE] Constitution Check: Who is right about Puerto Rico's self-governing ... [PAR] Dec 29, 2015 ... In the framework of their Constitution and of the compact agreed upon with the 
United States of America, the people of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have 
been ... on conditions in territories which they hold that are not self-governing. ... 
of Puerto Rico the right to write and adopt their own constitution? [DOC] [TLE] PuertoRicoUSA.com - View of Congress, the Courts and the Federal ... [PAR] This law allows a civil government and maintains the island as a territory of the ... 
These articles became part of the Federal Relations Act. On July 25, 1952 Puerto 
Rico inaugurated its own constitution under our existing commonwealth status. ... 
It confirms that adoption of a local constitution in 1952 did not alter the status of... [DOC] [TLE] Territories of the United States - U.S. History in Context - Gale [PAR] Congress uniformly chose to treat its new acquisitions as unincorporated ... 
Puerto Rico to formulate and adopt its own constitution, which came into effect in 
1952. While commonwealth status is not the equivalent of statehood and did not 
... Guamanians became citizens in 1950, framed and adopted a constitution in 
1969

Question: In 1952 this territory adopted its own constitution & became a commonwealth
Answer: Puerto Rico