Relative To "Commonwealth" Status, How Do The Commonwealths Of Virginia And Puerto Rico Differ?

Virginia, pennsylvania, Kentucky and Massachusets all are "commonwealth" states. I believe that this mainly has to do that when they originally bound together as a "commonwealth" they were made up of different autonomous colonial settlements. The settlements then bound together as a commonwealth to centralize and unify their power, when they decided to rebel against the English monarchy. The commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is still an autonomous legal institution and only a protectorate of the U.S. They are not officially a state (although perhaps should be) and do not get certain benefits and support from the federal government and do not have representatives within any of our government branches.

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Commonwealth refers to the voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states. Most of these states were former British colonies. According to my information Virginia and Puerto Rico are not amongst the 53 Commonwealth countries. The commonwealth of Virginia is a state of the United States of America. It is amongst the four states of U.S that designate themselves as Commonwealths in order to emphasize that they have a government that is based on the common consent of people. On the other hand, The commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a semi-autonomous territory. It is one of the two Insular areas of United States, which are called Commonwealth. As it refers to its status as a type of organized but unincorporated dependent territory.

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