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The DeLome lettter
Don Dupuy de Lôme was Spain's ambassador to the United States. In late 1897 he wrote a personal letter to a friend. Unknown persons intercepted and stole the letter.The public outcry led quickly to the official demand—relayed through diplomatic channels—for Spanish authorities to recall de Lôme.The incident exacerbated the already strained relations between the United States and Spain. Days later, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, effectively ending any chance for the diplomat -
Sinking of he USS Marin
The sinking of the USS Marine on February 15, 1898 was a catalyst that sparked the Spanish-American war. One of the theories for the cause of the ship sinking, in addition to the theory that the Spanish sunk the ship as an act of war, was a fire in a coal -
US Declaration of war on Spain
Cuba wanted to break away from the Spanish Empire, and the U.S. feared another rebellion like the one that had taken place on Haiti nearly a century before. The Monroe Doctrine virtually guaranteed that only the United States could interfere in the Americas, and they were determined that Cuba would fall under American influence -
Attack on manila bay
On May 1, 1898, at Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first major battle of the Spanish-American War (April-August 1898). The United States went on to win the war, which ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
a decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about two kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. The names San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were given to the location by the Americans. This fight for the heights was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the war -
Treaty of Paris
an agreement made in 1898 that resulted in the Spanish Empire's surrendering control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico, parts of the Spanish West Indies, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. The cession of the Philippines involved a payment of $20 million from the United States to the Spanish Empire.[1] The treaty was signed on December 10, 1898, and ended the Spanish-American War. The Treaty of Paris came into effect on April 11, 1899, when the documents of ratification we