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1854- Ostend Manifesto for the Purchase of Cube
In this year diplomats spoke to president Pierce and recommended that the US buy Cuba from Spain. When we were voiced our interest in it, Spain responded that they would rather see Cuba sink in the ocean than do it. The Ostend Manifesto was a doctrine that lists and described all of the reasons why the United States should purchase Cuba. IF Spain refused this offer, them we, the US would declare was. -
Valeriano sent to Cuba
After a year, Spain sent Valeriano to Cuba to control the people. Weyler crushed the rebellion by creating concentration camps, and by doing this he took away all of them civilians. That means they could no longer produce the goods to help the people who were fighting in the war. Thousands ended up dying in the camps jus from starvation. -
Yellow press shaped america opinion
Weyler was criticized a lot by the American public. Most of the hatred towards him was blamed on the two newspaper writers from the US. William Randolph and Joseph Pulizer both e aggerating what happened in the concentration camps. They made up stories about the camps to get more readers, this type of writing is what started yellow journalism. -
Explotion of the USS Maine
Days after De Lome's letter was released, McKinley called that the USS Maine bring all of the Americans in danger. The ship was stationed in Cuba, but on February 15 the ship blew up in Havana. over 260 American men were killed and it is unknown the cause of the explosion, but some say that it was Spain. -
Naval Blockade of Cuba
The Naval blockade of Cuba came days after declaring war. In the Caribbean, hostilities began with a naval blockade of Cuba. William T Sampson sealed up the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago Cuba. This was another sign of superiority of the US -
US Invades Cuba
In June of 1898, over 17,000 American troops landed on Cuba. The army included the rough riders and four African American regiments. They have led my Theeasore Roosevelt who had resigned from being a job assistant Secretary of the Navy to lead the group of volunteers -
Battle of San Juan Hill
First, the battle was fought uphill near Kettle Hill. The victory was tragically important for the second half of the battle. Once the regiment reached San Juan Hill, they finished off the famous victory. Roosevelt is known as the hero in this battle, but he played a small role in the second part of the battle -
Detruction of the Spanish Fleet in cuba
The naval blockade in Santiago was still holding up the harbor and the fleet of Spanish. The Spanish fleet tried to escape the blockade and began a naval battle. The battle took place along the Cuban coast. The United States remained victorious and destroyed the fleet -
capture of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico was one of Spain's two possessions in the Caribbean. General Nelson Miles took over the land in less than a month of fighting for it. They fought on the 40-mile wide island from late July to mid-august. -
Armistice is Signed Between the US and Spain
In only 15 weeks, the war was over. ON August 12th the US and Spain signed an armistice, which is like a truce to stop. Secretary of the state called the war, "A splendid little war." -
Treaty of Paris
On December 10th the United States and the Philippines met in Paris to talk about a treaty. Spain gave Cuba the Islands of Guam and Purto Rico to the United States. The US also bought the Philllipeans for 20 million -
US Attack on Manilla Bay
The Americans surprised Cuba by attacking Spain in the Phillippines when George Dewey commanded fire in Spanish in the capital of the Phillippines. Everything that the Spanish owned was destroyed in hours. by winning this battle US troops were able to land and the troops in Manilla surrendered 11,000 troops in two months. -
Spanish Surrendere the Philippeans
Even though Spain and the United States already talked and agreed to purchase the Philippines, the legislator had to approve the Treaty of Paris. The Senate passed the purchase on Feb 6. Although people criticized him it was for the better o the people -
Jose Marti Leads Cuba 2nd war for Independence
Jose Marti begins the Revolution in Spain, this was involved and organized guerrilla, which is when a smaller force (which is Cuba in this case) begin fighting with the larger force. To get out attention, he started to destroy the US property so we would join the Cubans revolt against Spain.
