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  2. 1954 United States Capitol shooting - Wikipedia

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    e. The 1954 United States Capitol shooting was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists seeking to promote Puerto Rican independence from the United States. They fired 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols onto the legislative floor from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber ...

  3. Utuado uprising - Wikipedia

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    The last major attempt by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party to draw world attention to Puerto Rico's colonial situation occurred on March 1, 1954. On that day, Nationalist leader Lolita Lebrón and fellow Nationalists Rafael Cancel Miranda , Irvin Flores and Andres Figueroa Cordero attacked the United States House of Representatives .

  4. Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency - Wikipedia

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    The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency was a series of coordinated insurrections for the secession of Puerto Rico led by the president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Don Pedro Albizu Campos, against the United States government 's rule over the islands of Puerto Rico. The party repudiated the "Free Associated State" (Estado Libre ...

  5. Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    e. The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, PNPR) is a Puerto Rican political party founded on September 17, 1922, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [ 2 ] Its primary goal is to work for Puerto Rico's independence. The Party's selection in 1930 of Pedro Albizu Campos as its president brought a radical change ...

  6. Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s were an armed protest for independence from United States government rule over Puerto Rico. The Party repudiated the "Free Associated State" ( Estado Libre Asociado ) status that had been enacted in 1950, as the Nationalists considered it to be a continuation of colonialism.

  7. Gag Law (Puerto Rico) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Law 53 of 1948 better known as the Gag Law, [ 1 ] (Spanish: Ley de La Mordaza) was an act enacted by the Puerto Rico legislature [ a ] of 1948, with the purpose of suppressing the independence movement in Puerto Rico. The act made it a crime to own or display a Puerto Rican flag, to sing a patriotic tune, to speak or write of independence ...

  8. Pedro Albizu Campos - Wikipedia

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    Pedro Albizu Campos (June 29, 1893 [2] – April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement.He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930 until his death.

  9. San Juan Nationalist revolt - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The San Juan Nationalist revolt was one of many uprisings against United States Government rule which occurred in Puerto Rico on October 30, 1950 during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts. Amongst the uprising's main objectives were an attack on La Fortaleza (the governor's mansion in San Juan), and the U.S. Federal Court House ...