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After the king died Queen Lilikoulani took over Hawaii. She changed the way things were ran such as deals that the U.S. had with Hawaii. Eventually a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
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Happened the same day Queen Lilikoulani was overthrown.Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic this spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor.
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This letter was written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme. It criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd.
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United States battleship Maine, riding quietly at anchor in Havana harbour, was suddenly blown up, apparently by a mine, in an explosion which tore her bottom out and sank her, killing 260 officers and men on board. We find out the ship blew up because of ammo being put near a fire.
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This was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress. It was enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message.
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This took place in a battle during the Spanish-American war. It was also the location of the greatest victory for the Rough Riders during the war.
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This was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor in Cuba leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. They later find out it was a accident.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was an agreement made in 1898. This involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
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This event happened due to the Venezuelan Governments alleged British encroachment on Venezuelan territory. Venezuela disputed the British delineation, claiming territorial delineations established at the time of their independence from Spain. When the court finally came to a decision, it directed that the border follow the Schomburgk Line.
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On April 1, 1899, an Anglo-American patrol was ambushed in the jungle near Apia, on Upola Island. The Treaty of Berlin, signed December 2, 1899, and ratified February 16, 1900, the U.S. was internationally acknowledged to have rights extending over all the islands of the Samoa. In the end the U.S. acquired Samoa through a treaty.
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This was officially known as the Organic Act of 1900. This is a United States federal law that established civilian (albeit limited popular) government on the island of Puerto Rico.
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These were a series of opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901. The cases was about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish.
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This law was passed as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War.
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It was called the Boxer Uprising or Yihequan Movement. It was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China.
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Took place during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914. This was the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of African territory. It is also called the Partition of Africa and the Conquest of Africa.
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This was a book that contained great significance that helped the world. This book was about the general history of Europe and America with particular reference to the effect of sea power upon the course of that history.
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The Panama Canal is an artificial 48-mile waterway in panama French success in building the Suez Canal, while a lengthy project, encouraged planning for one to cross the isthmus.
