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Campos was later arrested and convicted of conspiring to overthrow the American government. He was arrested for breaking the Smith Act of 1940 which declared that it was against the law for anyone to teach or be part of a group that encouraged the overthrow of the American government

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On October 11, 1918, an earthquake occurred, with an approximate magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale, accompanied by a tsunami reaching 6.1 metres (20 ft) in height.^[53] The epicenter was located northwest of Aguadilla in the Mona Passage (between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic).^[53] This earthquake caused great damage and loss of life at Mayagüez, and lesser damage along the west coast. Tremors continued for several weeks. Approximately 116 casualties were reported resulting from the earthquake and 40 from the tsunami. While the U.S. had passed the Jones Act in  1917 which made Puerto Rican citizens, U.S. citizens as much as 100,000 Puerto Rican citizens registered for the U.S military draft.  Yet, there was no help from the U.S. during this natural disaster, this caused a group of Union Party members to become dissatisfied with the U.S. “granting” citizenship to the Puerto Rican people, but being unable to help in their time of need, sparking a need for a new political party.

Some politicians were in favor of Puerto Rico becoming an incorporated state of the U.S, while others wanted Puerto Rico to gain independence from the United States. Amid this debate, a nationalist group emerged that encouraged radical activism for Puerto Rico to become independent from the United States.[1]   As a consequence of the Jones Act and the establishment of elections, a new political party, the Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party), was founded on September 17, 1922. this party advocated massive demonstrations and protests against any political activity that was not going to result in Puerto Rico gaining independence.[1]

In the 1930s, the Nationalist Party, led by president Pedro Albizu Campos failed to attract sufficient electoral support and withdrew from political participation. Reason being that police ended up killing some of the protestors and that’s what triggered the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party to assassin the police commander. Leader Campos was then arrested which caused massive protesting and the police force left many injured and killed as well. Increased conflict arose between their adherents and the authorities. On October 20,1935 Campos testified against the university of of Puerto Rico’s dean, claiming that he wanted to de-Americanize the institution (5). Four days later a student assembly gathered and in an effort to prevent the party from reaching younger people, authorities declared Albizu Campos persona non grata at the University of Puerto Rico, forbidding him to speak there. A violent struggle preceded between campos supporters and police officers ending in the death of four nationalist party members and one policeman.

Campos was later arrested and convicted of conspiring to overthrow the American government. He was arrested for breaking the Smith Act of 1940 which declared that it was against the law for anyone to teach or be part of a group that encouraged the overthrow of the American government

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