<span>The
name of the native people who lived in Puerto Rico before the arrival of Christopher
Columbus were the Taínos.</span>
<span>To add, <span>the </span>Taíno<span> <span>were an Arawak people who were the indigenous
people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the
late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba,
Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico.</span></span></span>
Because popular sovereignty was well supported because it allowed the local citizens of a territory to decide if slavery was to be allowed or illegal. Stephen A. Douglas pushed for popular sovereignty during the 1840's.
