Original sentence: On July 25, 1898 at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States of America with a landing at Guánica.Some political leaders demanded change, some like Pedro Albizu Campos would lead a nationalist  (The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party) movement in favor of independence.Spain was forced to cede Puerto Rico to the United States under the Treaty of Paris (1898).The twentieth century began under the military regime of the United States with officials, including the governor, appointed by the President of the United States
Edited sentence: On July 25, 1898 at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was occupied by the United States of America with a landing at Guánica.Sadly, for the last 50 years Puerto Rican elites on the island have never developed or nutured a native entrepreneurial class so the islands economy has not been able to offset its dependence on foreign companies or government jobs -- the high unemployment rate, Poverty rates and Government based jobs have turned the island into a micro-socialist state.Some political leaders demanded change, some like Pedro Albizu Campos would lead a nationalist  (The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party) movement in favor of independence through the use of violence not the Democratic process.Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States under the Treaty of Paris (1898).The number of college graduates is almost 24% due to a University system built,and funded, by the United State.The twentieth century began under the occupation of the United States with officials, including the governor, appointed by the President of the United States.This so-called 'occupation' constructed the islands first public --not to mention free -- schools which tended to a highly illeterate population (more than 80% during the 1890's).Today the literacy is one the highest in the world.Under American 'Tutelage' the island also spurred on economic development which built roads, a manufacturing industry and a Health care service which nearly irradicated the high mortality rate during the first half of the 20th Century