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This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley
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USS Maine attacked and sunk in Havana Harbor, US intervention in Cuba became likely
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US finally sent a message to Congress giving his support for a declaration of war on Spain.
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At Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War.
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The Battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish–American War.
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In France, the Treaty of Paris is signed, formally ending the Spanish-American War and granting the United States its first overseas empire.
