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Insulting Mckinley
Cuban revolutionary people intercepted the letter from the mail and released it to the Hearst press, which was published on February 9, 1898, in the New York Journal. Which revealed remarks about McKinley helped had this country’s aggressive, warlike foreign policy. -
Down Goes The Main
A breathe taking explosion took place on the USS Maine in Cuba's harbor, which killed over 200 people .The ship weighed over 6,000 tons and cost over 2m dollars. -
Declaring War on Spain
President William Mckinley asks Congress to declare war on Spain. He did this because of the all the advertisements and newspapers led by Hearst . Mckinley stood up for the cubans so he declares this war for the cubans independence. -
Battle of Manila Bay
U.S. demolishes the Spanish Pacific crew in the beginning battle of the Spanish-American War. There were about 400 Spanish sailors were killed and 10 Spanish warships wrecked or captured by the U.S. at the cost of six American lives close to death. -
Battle of the Hill
General Willian Shafter ordered a attack on the village of El Caney and San Juan Hill.Also Shafter was planing on to capture El Caney before signing the fortified heights of San Juan Hill. But There were like 500 Spanish army men there to protect it so they put up a great fight. -
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
This was a positive victory for the united states navy . They defeated the Spanish forces , completing the american victory during the american Spanish-war. They achieved there goal for Cuba independence from the Spanish. -
City of Santiago surrenders to General William Shafter
A Spanish retreat had taken refuge in the harbor at Santiago in mid May 1898 .The U. S. Fifth Army Corps, under General William Shafter and numbering some.Shafter planned to take the city with a direct attack on the San Juan Heights, but the long distance exchanges with Spanish until surrender was arranged on July 17. -
Spain signs armistice with U.S.
This is because they both finally agreed to a peace protocol on U.S. terms: the cession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Manila in the Philippines to the United States pending a final peace treaty. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
This was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America. Also on Sept. 3rd 1783 it ended the american revolutionary war .
