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U.S. attempt to purchase Cuba
The diplomats encourage President Franklin Pierce to buy Cuba from Spain. This is important because it shows how America had an interest in Cuba long before the wars. Even though Spain said no America was still interested. -
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Cuba's first war for independence
while the first war was not successful it did stop slavery in 1866. This led to Americans buying land and making sugar farmers there and more interest from America had now gatherd. -
Cuban 1 war for Independence
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Cuba's second war for independence in 1895
Jose Marti led Cuba's second war for independence in 1895. this was the war that America got involved in and the war the Cubans win. Although the Americans don't come till later. -
Yellow Press and America
Yellow Press began to shape American public opinion of Cuba's Civil War for independence. It is to stretch and dramatize the war. They did all this for more readers. -
Valeriano Weyler was sent to Cuba by Spain
Valeriano Weyler was sent to Cuba by Spain to stop the rebels from destroying American investments. The rebels were destroying this stuff because they knew that if the Americans lost enough they would join the war and the Americans would fight with them. This scared Spain. -
Publication of the De Lome Letter
This was a letter supposed to be sent from a Spanish American to Spain but it was intercepted by Cuban rebels and was sold to the yellow press that publishes it. In the letter, it disrespected the American president. -
The explosion of the USS Maine
The USS Maine exploded in 1898. Maine was there as an escape for Americans if needed. when the mane exploded there was a team sent to find out who did it but before they could finish America was joining the war so they just pind it on Spane -
The U.S. declares war on Spain
After all the outrage with America the USS Main, the De Lome Letter, the Yellow Press pushing for the war, and as well as everything else on the timeline so fair Americans wanted the war and the government acted. -
Destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba
At the battle of Santiago, in Cuba America joined and helped destroy the last of Spain's fleet in Cuba. this was important because it pushed most of the sp[anyerds away from Cuba. -
U.S. attack on Manila Bay
An American fleet in the cover of the night came into Manila Bay and began the fight and continued to tell the Spanish surrendered. The Spanish lost many more men and we left victorious this is what led to Spane forces crumbling due to America controlling the bay. -
The capture of Puerto Rico
American fleets came to the iland and took it from the Spanish father tweaking them by giving them less land and money to work with. -
The U.S. invades Cuba
Amrica finaly gose into amrica and starts to push the last of the Spanish out with the rebals -
Battle of San Juan Hill
this was the main battle of the war where it all manly ended the last bits being ironed out. -
A naval blockade of Cuba
the last stand for the Spanis that quickly went south with all the Spanish ships sinking and not one American ship going down. -
Treaty of Paris
This is when America and Spain began to work out the treaty for the war. -
Armistice is signed between the U.S. and Spain
this is when all of the issues between America and Spain finally ended and the rest of the history started. -
Spanish surrender the Philippines
This is when the Spanis finally agreed to give over the Phillapens to America and let that land go.