Original sentence: However, the political status of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth controlled by the United States, remains an anomaly more than 500 years after the first Europeans settled the island.Located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico formed a key part of the Spanish Empire from the early years of the exploration, conquest and colonization of the New World.The Foraker Act of 1900, which established a civil government, and the Jones Act of 1917, which granted Puerto Ricans U.citizenship, paved the way for the drafting of Puerto Rico's Constitution and the establishment of democratic elections in 1952
Edited sentence: However, the political status of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth controlled by the US, remains an anomaly more than 500 years after the first Europeans settled the island.Located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico was the key to the Spanish Empire from the early years of the exploration, conquest and colonization of the New World.The Foraker Act of 1900, which established a civil government, and the Jones Act of 1917, which granted Puerto Ricans US citizenship, paved the way for the drafting of Puerto Rico's Constitution and the establishment of democratic elections in 1952