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The first New England missionaries reached Hawaii.
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A treaty with the native government guaranteed naval-base rights at Pearl Harbor.
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Sugar imports from Hawaii became less profitable with the McKinley Tariff
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Cubans revolted against Spanish rule. Cuban insurrectos burned sugar canefields believing that if they destroyed enough of Cuba, then Spain might abandon Cuba or the United States might move in and help the Cubans with their independence.
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Congress passed a resolution that recognized the revolting Cubans.
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The American ship, Maine blew up in the Havana port.
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Congress passed a joint resolution of Congress to annex Hawaii on.
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Spanish and Americans met in Paris to discuss terms to the end of the war.
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American troops captured Manila
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The United States, honoring the Teller Amendment of 1898, withdrew from Cuba. The U.S. forced the Cubans to write their own constitution of 1901 (the Platt Amendment).