The Puritans were a protestant movement in the 16th and 17th century. Their goal was a purification of the churches of England from the Catholic practice it followed.
On October 18, 1898, American troops fighting in the Spanish-American War raised the United States flag in Puerto Rico formalizing U.S. control of the former Spanish colony. General Nelson A. Miles had landed approximately 3,500 U.S. troops on the island on July 25. On August 12, Spain and the United States agreed to an armistice; on September 13, the Protocol of Peace was ratified; and on December 10, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
I think that it is shared between the national and state government
The first 4 cabinets were Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph.
