Spanish war project

  • america tries to buy cuba

    diplomats strongly encourage president franklin to pierce to buy Cuba from Spain, their response was that they would rather see Cuba sink into the ocean
  • Cuba independence war

    Cuba's war was a fail they did not become an independent country rather they were still ruled by Spain, They did accomplish to eradicate slavery and the agreement to war stops.
  • destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba

    destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba

    it was important because the Americans realized that defeating a significant Spanish squadron then stationed in Cuba was vital.
  • jose marti led cuba's second war for independence

    jose marti led cuba's second war for independence

    this is important because he is the one that led and got everything set up by planning exactly what he needed to do
  • valariano weyler was sent to Cuba

    valariano weyler was sent to Cuba

    to prevent the insurrections from leading the population against Spanish rule, Weyler built concentration camps
  • America attempts to purchase cuba

    America attempts to purchase cuba

    American sugar interests bought up large traits of land in Cuba.
  • battle of San Juan hill

    he most significantly u.s. land victory and one of the final battles, of the spanish american war.
  • u.s. invades cuba

    u.s. invades cuba

    explosion sank the battleship, USS Maine, in Havana harbor, triggering a war between the united states and Spain. Maine had come to Cuba.
  • u.s. attack on manilla bay

    u.s. attack on manilla bay

    it was important because he defeats the Spanish Pacific fleet by the u.s. navy. resulting in the fall of the Philippines.
  • capture of Puerto Rico

    capture of Puerto Rico

    it was important because the u.s. took over Puerto Rico so they could truthfully say it is theirs.
  • treaty of paris 1898

    treaty of paris 1898

    it was important because it was a peace agreement between Spain and the united states that ended the Spanish American war marking the end.
  • Spanish surrender the Philippines

    Spanish surrender the Philippines

    this was important because the u.s. has the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico as an imperial power