Spanish American War Timeline

By anthonyfinleyy20

  • Spanish American War

    Cuban nationalists revolt against spanish rule.

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    Spanish general Valeriano Weyler comes to Cuba

  • Spanish American War

    Spain recalls general Valeriano Weyler

  • Spanish American War

    USS Maine sent to Cuba

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    William Randolph Hearst publishes Dupuy du Lome's letter insulting william McKinley.

  • Spanish American War

    William McKinley approves war with Spain

  • Spanish American War

    Spain declares war on the United States

  • Spanish American War

    Spain declares war on the United States

  • Spanish American War

    United States declares war on Spain

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    Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba

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    Battle of Santiago in Cuba

  • Spanish American War

    Hawaii annexed

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    City of Santiago surrenders to General William Shafter

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    Spain signs armistice

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    United States troops capture Manila

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    Sinking of the USS Maine

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    Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, cables Commodore George Dewey with a plan to attack the Philipines if war with Spain breaks out

  • Spanish American War

    Treaty of Paris signed
    United States annexed Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

  • Spanish American War

    Philippines declares itself an independent republic
    Led by Emilio Aguinaldo, the self-declared Filipino government fights a guerilla war against the United States that lasts longer than the Spanish-American War itself

  • Spanish American War

    The Treaty of Paris passes in thr Senate

  • Spanish American War

    Foraker Act allows some self-government in Puerto Rico

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    Supreme Court insular cases

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    Emilio Aguinaldo is captured

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    Emilio Aguinaldo is captured

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    United States withdraws from Cuba

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    Puerto Ricans given United States citizenship