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The book became a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire.
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A small group of American businessmen saw interest in Hawaii's pineapples and sugar potential, and sought to annex the territory to the U.S.
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The Republic of Hawaii is established and they later adopt the US flag.
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Signaled end of extraterritorialation and unequal treaties
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Was the 'Leader' that started the Spanish- American War
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US declares war on Spain.
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US defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Phillipines.
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US defeats the Spanish in this battle.
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The Battle of Santiago was one of the most important naval interactions of the Spanish American War, resulting in the destruction of the Spanish Navy's Caribbean Squadron.
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The Spanish surrender at Santiago
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Signed by US and Spain to end hostility between both sides.
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Fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers.
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Lasted until november of that year when the Phillipinos changed strategies because the American troops were better trained.
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The Open Door Policy with China is declared by the Secretary of State and the U.S. government in an attempt to open international markets and retain the integrity of China as a nation.
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Chinese nationalists "boxers" opposed foreign influence. Eventually put down by US
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Hawaii Becomes a US Territory
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Columbia rejects the idea of letting the US build the canal through Panama to shorten shipping times.
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British and German ships blockaded Venezuelan ports in an effort to force payment. Known as the Venezuela Affair, this action violated the cornerstone document of U.S. foreign policy—the Monroe Doctrine. This led to Big Stick Diplomacy and the Roosevelt Corollary.
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President McKinley was interviewed about the Spanish-American war in 1899 and it is featured in Eric Foner's "Voices of Freedom".
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U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and British Ambassador Herbert created a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border
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It stated that the United States may be forced "in flagrant cases of . . . wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power" in the Caribbean, Central America, or South America, clearly displaying his 'Big Stick Diplomacy"
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Guaranteed loans made to foreign countries.
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The citizens are causing uprisings in Mexico against their oppressive rulers.
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The canal was completed in 1913 and opened the following year.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated and sparks WWI
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Germany invades Belgium triggering the first Wold War.
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Declare war on Germany and side with France and Britain.
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This is the first major American battle in the WWI
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General Pershing leads the American Army to Victory.
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The Central Powers, tired of fighting, sign the armistice that ends World War I
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The official peace settlement known as the Treaty of Versailles was signed near the beautiful palace at Versailles, near Paris. The treaty was very harsh on Germany and the resentment it created is often credited with the onset of the Second World War . The treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the the war and pay reparations, give up territories and reduce the army size to a meager 100,000 souls,
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First meeting of the League of Nations held in London. Official end of World War I
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As the cold war strengthened between the US and the Soviet Union there was a threat in the US made by communists.
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Mexico helps the US after the Japanese bomb pearl harbor and fight the Japanese in the Philipines.
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