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sorry there is a picture on this link of it. (scroll down on website)In this time period congress highered tariffs on sugar. Sugar sales dropped and plantaion owners were very angry and began plotting a way to make Hawaii U.S. territory.
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Sorry again... heres a linkThey allowed the U.S. to build naval ports and have trading rights. However, Germany and Great Britain were also granted trading rights. This created lots of competion.
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BIg countries like Germany, Japan, Great Britain, France, and Russia carved spheres of influences out of China. China has been weakened by war.
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After that the U.S. overthrew Lili’uokalani and set up provisional government (temperray gov.) for Hawaii.
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look at this linkThe war started because Spain was accused of bombing the USS Maine. The U.S. fought Spain for Cuba’s independence. At the end of the war Spain signed an armistice (peace agreement) and the Treaty of Paris stating end of war.
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On July 1898, Americans took control of Puerto Rico. After that, Spain signed an armistice (peace agreement) stating the end of the war.
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When, Germany, Britain, and the U.S. met to talk about Samoa, the Samoan government was not involved in the discussion. The countries agreed to split Samoa into 3 parts. Now, a part Samoa is now part of the U.S.
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President William McKinley supported annexation of Hawaii and
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In 1901 Cuba was granted full independence, but had to deal withcertain restrictions. The restrictions were: Cuba could not make treaties with any other nation, an to give the U.S. control of naval base, Guantanamo Bay, and for permission to get involved in Cuban affairs if independence was threatened.
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