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Cuban nationalists revolt against Spanish rule. They established a Cuban Republic and tried to maintain power in Cuba.
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Spanish General Weyler (the "Butcher") comes to Cuba to enforce Spanish rule. He puts Cuban captives in prisons that can be related to concentration camps.
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Spain recalls Weyler due to his incompetence in stopping the Cuban rebels.
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In early 1898, the USS Maine is sent to Cuba to evacuate Americans if war ever broke out.
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Hearst publishes Spanish ambassadors Dupuy du Lome's letter insulting president McKinley.
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An explosion sank the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba. The Spanish are quickly blamed.
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt contacts Commodore Dewey with a plan: attack the Philippines if war breaks out with Spain.
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McKinley approves war with Spain,.
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Spain declares war on the U.S. after the U.S. backs more Cuban insurgents.
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U.S. declares war on Spain and prepares to invade Cuba and the Philippines.
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The first battle of the war is fought in the Philippines and is won by the U.S. The Spanish warships were no match for the American cruisers.
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Teddy Roosevelt prepares to invade Cuba and starts training his own regiment, the Rough Riders.
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US troops land in Cuba and start their advance inland.
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U.S. forces led by Teddy Roosevelt defeat the Spanish and take San Juan Heights.
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Spain's Caribbean fleet is destroyed by the American Navy in a decisive battle.
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The City of Santiago surrenders to General William Shafter.
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An Armistice was signed between the Spanish and American forces.
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U.S. troops capture the city of Manila, ending all conflict between the Spanish and Americans in the Philippines.
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A Treaty of Paris is signed to end conflict between America and Spain. The US annexes Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
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Philippines declares itself an independent republic and fights a guerrilla war against the U.S. The Filipino government was led by Emilio Aguinaldo.
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The Treaty of Paris passes in the Senate officially ending the Spanish American War.
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American government passes the Foraker Act, allowing some self-government to work in Puerto Rico.
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Cuban officials agreed to the Platt Amendment, which allowed America to intervene in Cuban affairs.
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Emilo Auginaldo is captured and submits to American rule in the Philippines.
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U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt withdraws federal troops from Cuba.
