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Hawaii
Hawaii enacts various economic treaties with the U.S. leading to the flood of American businessmen into the islands and the American rise of power socially, politically and commercially into this region. -
Mexico
Tax of $20 implemented upon non-American miners, aimed at targeting the Latin Americans and a new physical border leaves Mexican's now living in American territory discriminated against and considered foreigners. -
Alaska
Purchased from Russia for 7.5 million by Secretary of State, William Seward and deemed "Seward's Folly" by the general public in attempt to mock U.S government's handing of the affair. -
Hawaii
A new constitution, pushed by American, European and elite Hawaiian natives, strips the monarchy of their power over the Hawaiian government through the forced signature of the King through military force. Dole is elected president and the Queen Lili'uokalami is imprisoned. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
A naval officer, president of the Naval College, historian and author of several books analyzing naval powers role in the development of world powers: including the most famous, "The Influence of Sea Power upon History." -
Spanish-American War
Cuban struggle for independence against Spain begins. -
Hawaii
President McKinley makes Hawaii a territory of the U.S after Grover Cleveland and his administration research and declare the overthrow unconstitutional. -
Spanish-American War
The USS Maine sinks in the Havana harbor after being sent to protect Americans during an anti-Spanish riot. -
Spanish-American War
Spain grants Cuba limited powers of self governance, as the U.S issues that Cuba has the right to independence, and demanded the removal of Spanish troops, meanwhile announcing the president's use of force to secure this withdrawal. -
Spanish-American War
Spain declares war on the U.S -
Spanish-American War
George Dewey leads the US in the attack on the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay, ending in an American victory. -
Spanish-American War
American soldiers (inc. 1st Calvary "rough riders") land on the coast of Santiago and push Cervera's Spanish fleet out of Santiago. -
Spanish-American War
Santiago's surrender ends the Spanish-American war. -
Spanish-American War
Spain renounces all claim to Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the U.S in the Treaty of Paris as well as transferred sovereignty of the Philippines for 20 million dollars. -
China
U.S. John Hay sends a series of letters to Britain, Russia, Germany, France, Italy and Japan calling for equal economic access in Chinese markets as well as maintenance of the Tarrant Oreo and administrative integrity of the Empire. -
Philippine-American War
Philippines declare war upon the United States as a continuation of their revolution and struggle for independence as well as the U.S. annexation of Filipino territory. -
China
China erupts into Boxer rebellion after the foreigners arrive and their influence upon the Chinese was resurrected, leading to no formal division and the world powers then accepted Chinese compensation. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt adopts his foreign affairs plan with the establishment of the U.S over the Panama canal. -
Philippine-American War
The Philippine-American War ends with an American victory over the Filipinos. -
Panama Canal
New negotiation after U.S support militarily into the Panamanian independence results in them gaining access to the canal zone. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt's extension of the Monroe doctrine in declaring the U.S. right to military force to protect American economic venture into Latin America and Central America, put into effect in the Dominican Republic. -
Mexico
New attempts at Americanization of the 'foreigners' is further defended by president Roosevelt who began the English Only Movement to push English as the official language of the U.S as well as in attempt to force Spanish speaking Mexicans to learn the language. -
Japan
Agreement between Japan and the United States to respect each other's territories in the Pacific and uphold the Open Door Policy in China. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft declares foreign policy as dollar diplomacy, which is stated to put the U.S. economic relations as incentive over warfare and military to continue U.S favorable activity etc. -
WWI
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated. (triggers a series of events that ultimately lead up to WWI) -
Panama Canal
The project began in 1904 and began to draw a close in 1913. officially opening in 1914 -
WWII
The Arabic is attacked and sunk -
WWI
Lusitania crisis where Germans sunk a British passenger liner. Most passengers drowned. -
WWI
Germans counteract British blockades by threatening to sink them within war zones. -
WWI
The Espionage act is introduced which outlawed any profane publication or display about the government. -
WWII
America declares war against Germany. -
WWI
The Sedition act furthered this by outlawing any profane or negative conversation about the U.S government or war effort. -
WWI
Woodrow Wilson delivers 'Fourteen Point Address' to congress which inspires soldiers to keep up the fight. -
Red Scare
Following the Bolshevik Russian Revolution, a small group of radicals form the Communist Labor Party in which progressive and conservative American's viewed this as a menace and sought to eradicate communism out of the U.S.
