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1.
U.S. President McKinley issues an offer to Spain demanding Cuban independence -
Period: to
Spanish Civil War
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2.
U.S Congress declares war on Spain -
3.
647 U.S. Marines land at Guantánamo Bay, beginning the invasion of Cuba -
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U.S. forces defeat the Spanish at the battle of San Juan Heights -
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The U.S. Army's V Corps seals off Santiago de Cub -
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The Spanish surrender at Santiago -
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Spanish and the U.S. sign an armitice called the Protocol of Peace -
8.
The Spanish national legislature, the Cortes, approves the Protocol of Peace -
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The Paris Peace Conference begins in Paris, France -
10
Leaders of Spain and the United States sign the Treaty of Paris