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The United States blamed Spain for blowing up the U.S.S. Battleship that was in the Cuba harbor.
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First battle with Spain in the Phillipines
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President Theodore Roosevelt declares victory in the Phillipines
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U.S. wanted to produce more resources/products than Europe. We were in competion with them to try to produce more than them.
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The Boxer Rebellion happened in China. Chinese tried to prevent Europe from taking over. Chinese rebelled.
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After the U.S. made all the products, we wanted to seel to different markets around the world. Europe already had India, Africa, and Middle East. America wanted Phillipines to have a market to sell to and to have a way to sell to China.
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In the Treaty of Paris, Spain frees Cuba, cedes Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S. and sells the Phillipines for 20 Million dollars to the U.S.
