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What year did puerto rico became us citizens?

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In the year of 1917 Puerto-Rico became an US territory and the people became US citizens. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth act that approved this citizenship. It was a statutory citizenship which means it is granted by the congress and not by the US constitution.
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