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The DeLome Letter
written by Señor Don Enrigue Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, and Don José Canelejas, the Foreign Minister of Spain, revealed Lôme’s opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and President McKinley’s diplomacy. -
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The Spanish American War
Conflict between Spain, America, and Cuba. -
Sinking of the USS maine
An explosion that killed 260 American men. There has never been a real establishment of what caused the explosion, but America used it as an excuse to go to war with Spain by accusing them of creating the explosion. -
Declaration of Independence
Cuba had been fighting and wanting independence from Spain since 1895, but officiallially stood up and declared independence once the war started officially on this day. -
Attack at Manila Bay
In the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War. Nearly 400 Spanish sailors were killed and 10 Spanish warships wrecked or captured at the cost of only six Americans wounded. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
on July 1 U.S. General William Shafter ordered an attack on the village of El Caney and San Juan Hill in an attempt to take over Santiago de Cuba. The Spanish put up a good fight but in the end they surrendured the city. -
The Treaty of Paris
Spanish Empire surrendered control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico, parts of the Spanish West Indies, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
