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when america purchesed alaska
Not everyone was pleased by seward move though. At the time the 7.2 million deal was widley criticized -
seward retired
He considered acquiring the hawaiian islands. a group of volcanic and coral islands in central pacific ocean -
Queen Liliukalani
Became the leader of hawaii. Believing that planters had too much influense she wanted to limit their power -
Hawaii Planters
They staged a revolt. With the help of the us marines they over threw the queen and set up their own goverment. -
uss marine
USS Marine Mc kinley sent the uss marine to cuba. Riots had broken out in the capital havana and the battleship was dispated to protect us citzens. -
manila
The battle in manila bay began early on the morning. By a little post noon deweys forces had destroyed the spanish fleet. -
Truce
Spain signed a truce to the us secretary. Of state john hay. -
spain
Spain had no choice but to agree the final peace treaty. The treaty was sighed in paris. -
secretary
secretary of state John Hay as red nations. Involved in the region to follow an open door policy. -
territory
would the us agree to make Puerto Rico. A self governing terriory and grant us citizenship to all Puerto Ricans.
