Cuba

By karlywiegand
  • Sugar
    1523

    Sugar

    Sugar was first grown. This would soon be Cuba's largest crop.
  • Havana

    Havana

    Havana becomes the capital of Cuba.
  • Yellow Fever

    Yellow Fever

    About one-third of Havana's population was killed by yellow fever.
  • No More Slavery

    No More Slavery

    Slavery was abolished in Cuba
  • Independence

    Independence

    Cuba becomes an independent republic.
  • Mario Garcí­a Menocal

    Mario Garcí­a Menocal

    Mario Garcí­a Menocal is reelected.
  • War

    War

    Cuba enters World War I on the side of the Allies.
  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro becomes president of Cuba.
  • Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II

    Pope John Paul II is the first pope to visit Cuba.
  • Importing Food

    Importing Food

    For the first time in forty years, the United States sends food to Cuba.