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Sanford Dole, a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands, declared the republic of Hawaii officially established.
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The Sino-Japanese War was a conflict between Japan and China due to Japan's emergence as a world power, and ultimate threat to China. Japan came out victorious due to being better prepared, and more technologically advanced than China.
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After the Meji Restoration in Japan, industrialization, and urbanization took place and stimulized Japan's overall growth as a nation. This resulted in Japan expanding into China, as well as Korea to open ports for trade.
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Discovery of gold in Yukkon, Canada brought many settlers to Alaska, creating more profit, and aspiring cities.
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Hawaii is made an American territory under president McKinley.
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Due to general hostilities growing in the Philippines capital, Manila, Emilio Aguinaldo proclaims war on U.S. forces.
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The Big Stick Diplomacy foreign policy was used in Latin America when building the Panama Canal, and also during the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philipinnes,.
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Congress declares war on Spain, marking the begining of the Spanish-American War.
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The Battle of Manila Bay was the first major battle that took place during the war. The U.S. took victory over this battle.
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United States troops land in Cuba in an attempt to rescue the Cubans from Spanish rule, protecting its own assets in the process.
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The Americans and Cubans fought and won the battle of San Jaun Heights led by Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.
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The U.S. destroy the Spanish fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba.
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Originally Hawaii was meant to be annexed in 1893, however, president clevland opposed this notion. Later in 1898 president McKinley, because of nationalistic pride fresh of the Spanish-American war, urged to annex the country.
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The Spanish surrender at Satiago.
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Spain and the United States sign the Protocol of Peace.
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U.S soliders take over the Philippines capital, Manila.
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The U.S and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris granting America contol of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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The boxer rebellionn, was started from a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists. This organization led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.
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A United States navy admiral, who carried the U.S. naval fleet up to 3rd place among worldwide powers with his strategic naval imperialistic views.
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In reference to U.S president Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy "Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far". He described it as "The exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis."
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Panama declared independence on this day, and as a part of a chain reaction of shifting power, Panama negotiated the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with the U.S., which provided the United States with a 10-mile wide strip of land for the canal, a one-time $10 million payment to Panama, and an annual annuity of $250,000. All of which, America agreed to.
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William Howard Taft was elected into office, and his ideals considering imperialism, dollar diplomacy, would shape the U.S. mindset for WW1.
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The revolution in Mexico established a new republic and s dictatorship was ended.
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Archduke Ferdinand, of Austria Hungary, was assassinated by a group of radical Serbians known as the Black Hand.
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Britian officially declares war on Germany in relation to the conflict on the Belgian border,
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The Panama Canal is finished with construction.
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The Battle of the Marne took place when French and British troops defended against the Germans alongside the Marne River.
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Germany was the first to unleash chlorinr gas in warfare.
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The sinking of the Lusitania, a commercial cruise line ship, by the germans because it was carrying ammunitions to allied forces, created an uproar about humanity, mortality, and the idea of total war.
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The Battle of Verdun was the longest battle of WW1, lasting 9 months as German soldiers tried, and failed to break through French lines.
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The Zimmerman telegram, written by Germany, and intercepted by America. The telegram reads that if Mexico were to join with Germany against America, Germany would grant all of their land that was lost in the Mexican-American war.
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Armistice is signed, bringing war on the Western front to an end, Germans surrender and war is over.
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Palmer Raids begin, using intense government persecution of radical political ideaology, following the post war red scare.
