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My Heritage-Discovery And Celebration. Rolando Vazquez Period 2. Table of Contents. Economics . Politics. Environment. Society and culture. Economics .
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My Heritage-Discovery And Celebration Rolando Vazquez Period 2
Table of Contents Economics Politics Environment Society and culture
Economics • The Economy of Puerto Rico is one of the most dynamic in the Caribbean region. A diverse industrial sector has surpassed agriculture as the primary focus of economic activity and income. • In 1935, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched the Puerto Rican Reconstruction Administration, which provided agricultural development, public works, and electrification of the island.
This is our weather, its like this every year, except when comes down to the few months of the Christmas vacation, I believe it goes down to like 70 degrees.
Politics • In 1950, the U.S. Congress gave Puerto Ricans the right to organize a constitutional convention, contingent on the results of a referendum, where the electorate would determine if they wished to organize their own government pursuant to a constitution of their own choosing. Puerto Ricans expressed their support for this measure in a 1951 referendum, which gave voters a yes-or-no choice for the commonwealth status, defined as a 'permanent association with a federal union' but not choice for independence or statehood. A second referendum was held to ratify the constitution, which was adopted in 1952. • Before approving the new constitution, the Constitutional Convention specified the name by which the body politic would be known. On February 4, 1952, the convention approved Resolution 22 which chose in English the word "Commonwealth", meaning a "politically organized community" or "state", which is simultaneously connected by a compact or treaty to another political system. The convention adopted a translation into Spanish of the term, inspired by the Irish saorstát (Free State) of "Estado LibreAsociado" (ELA) to represent the agreement adopted "in the nature of a compact" between the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Literally translated into English, the phrase means "Associated Free State."
Before approving the new constitution, the Constitutional Convention specified the name by which the body politic would be known. On February 4, 1952, the convention approved Resolution 22 which chose in English the word "Commonwealth", meaning a "politically organized community" or "state", which is simultaneously connected by a compact or treaty to another political system. The convention adopted a translation into Spanish of the term, inspired by the Irish saorstát (Free State) of "Estado LibreAsociado" (ELA) to represent the agreement adopted "in the nature of a compact" between the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Literally translated into English, the phrase means "Associated Free State."
Environment • Roughly half the size of New Jersey, this U.S. commonwealth with 272 miles (438km) of Atlantic and Caribbean coastline sits strategically some 1,000 miles (1,609km) southeast of Florida at the hub of the Caribbean chain of islands. You'll probably fly in and out of San Juan at least once if you're doing much touring in the region. And with a 2-year, $2.8-million project that restored its waterfront, this oldest capital city under the U.S. flag is also the world's second-largest home port for cruise-ship passengers. • Puerto Rico is the most easterly and the smallest of the four major islands that form the Greater Antilles. The other three are Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (which is home to two nations, Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south, Puerto Rico is flanked by a trio of smaller islands -- Vieques and Culebra to the east and Mona to the west -- which are its political and geologic satellites.
This is our passport and this is our way of how we live and how we spend our mornings or evenings and maybe even the afternoon. And our weather.
Society and culture Puerto Ricans are a Caribbean people who regard themselves as citizens of a distinctive island nation in spite of their colonial condition and U.S. citizenship. This sense of uniqueness also shapes their migrant experience and relationship with other ethno racial groups in the United States. However, this cultural nationalism coexists with a desire for association with the United States as a state or in the current semiautonomous commonwealth status.
Education • “The education here in Puerto Rico, has a basic system of years you have. But years you start are different from here in New Jersey. In Puerto Rico, you start from 1st grade to the 3rd, then its 4th grade to your 6th grade. Then middle school is your 7th and 8th grades and your 9th to 12 grade is high school.” The only same education you get is your high school education.”- By Rolando Vazquez, my father.
Our language, is mostly Spanish. Depending on where you go here in Puerto Rico, there are more Spanish speakers. You will find some people who know the English language.
This is the annual Puerto Rican day parade, we usually have one every year.
Important things of July 20th • 1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia. • 1861 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek - Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman. • 1866 Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa - The Austrian Navy , led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
Theresa Ford Robert Ford Lummy Velez Angel Vazquez Theresa Vazquez Rolando Vazquez Rolando J. Vazquez
