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Monroe Doctrine
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William H Taft elected president
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Secretary of state Philander C. Knox proposes that American bankers and industrialist will purchase the Menchurian rail roads from Japan and Russia and return them to Chinese control.
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The first Mexican Revolution begins
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American bankers and investors reorganize the Nicaraguan financial structure and begin to manage it's customs service- The mexican revolution is led by Francisco Mandero, and in 1911 they gain control of Mexico and appoint Medero President.
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The us and five other nations offer the new Chinese Republic a huge loan a group of 2,500 marines land in Nicaragua to suppress a rebellion, and they remain for 13 years due to the continued instability- Woodrow Wilson removes governmental support for American businesses operating in the Caribbean and China
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American investments in Mexico is well over a billion dollars, including significant ownership in rail roads, oil resources, and mines- Another revolutionary group in Mexico assasinates Medero; the leader of the coup, Gerneral Victoriano Huerto, then assume the Presidency.
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The Haitian people are outraged by the oppressive nature of their President, so they rebelled-The US begin supplying weapons to the Huerta's rivals, Venustiano Carranza and Francisco Pancho Villa after intense internal and external pressure, president Huerta steps down as ruler of Mexico
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Wilson signs the Jones Act of 1916, which promises the Philippeans independence as soon as they are able to demenstrate that they have a stable government
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Wilson recalls General John J. Persting and his men from Mexico
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July 4, the America grants the Philippeans inderpendence.