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Spanish American War Timeline
In 1898, the US went to war in Cuba to help them win independence from Spain. The Us and Spain had a conflict. It ended the Spanish Colonial rule in the US. The US gained terrorists in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
Cuba's War for Independence
In 1876 Spain sent Campos to end the revolution. The rebels agreed to a truce in February 1878 because of the lack of support. The Cuban revolt was unsuccessful, but in 1886 the Cubans forced Spain to abolish slavery. -
Jose Marti led Cuba's second war for independence
Jase Marti was a Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, who launched a revolution in 1895. He organized a Cuban resistance against Spain, using an active
guerrilla campaign and deliberately destroying property,
especially American-owned sugar mills and plantations. -
The yellow Press Shaping the American Public Opinion with Respect to Cubs Civil War
Yellow journalism was a style of writing in the newspapers that emphasized sensationalism over facts. It was one of the main factors that helped push the US and Spain into war over the Philippines and Cuba. When American papers first heard about the concentration camps in Cuba, they reported them as being worse than in reality. People believed this and this caused them to have more sympathy for the Cuban people. -
Valeriano Weyler was sent to Cuba by Spain
This event happened from Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending Weyler to restore orders. He tried to "crush the rebellion" which pilled rural populations of central and western Cuba into barbed-wired concentration camps. Thousands died, and a war started from newspapers. -
U.S Attempt to Purchase Cuba
President of the United States William Mckinley offered to buy Cuba for 300 million dollars. The Spanish rejected the offer and that was one of the main events that catalyzed the Spanish-American War -
Spanish surrender the Philippines
After taking down all Spanish ships at Manila, U.S. troops were able to land in the Philippines. We had the support of the Filipinos who, like the Cubans, also wanted freedom from Spain. Over the next two months, 11,000 Americans joined forces with Filipino rebels led by Emilio Aguinaldo. In August, Spanish troops in Manila surrendered to the United States -
Publication of the De Lome Letter
President William Mckinley came into office trying to take control. He did not want war and at first, succeeded. But soon later a Spanish Ambassador named De Lome wrote a letter in the New York Journal. It was a private letter not intended to be seen by the public but a Cuban leaked it. The letter called the president "Weak" and "a bidder for the admiration of the crowd." De Lome soon resigned from his job because of the backlash from his comments. -
Explosion of the USS Maine
President McKinley ordered the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba to bring home American citizens in danger from the fighting and to protect American property early in 1898. On February 15 the ship blew up in the harbor of Havana. More than 260 people were killed. Americans didn't know why it blew up but newspapers claimed that the Spanish had blown up the ship. -
Naval Blockade of Cuba
William T. Sampson started a Nvaal Blockade of Cuba. Which is used to isolate an area in ocean, like a harbor by troops or warships to prevent the passage of persons or supplies. The Naval Blockade of Cuba successfully stopped the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. -
The U.S declares war on Spain
The Spanish- American war was a conflict that led the U.S. to gain colonial power of the new world. There were many causes of the war, but some main ones were; fighting for Cuba's freedom and the destruction of the U.S. battleship, Maine. One of the places the battle took place was Manila Bay. This is where the U.S. destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet. By the end of the war, the Spanish realized their military was incomparable to the U.S. military. -
U.S. attack on Manila Bay
The Spanish thought the Americans would invade Cuba. But the first battle of the war took place in a Spanish colony on the other side of the world on Manila island which is one of the Philippine Islands that was also the Philippine capital. Within hours, every Spanish ship was destroyed there. -
Destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba
The battle at Manila Bay was one of the main causes of the destruction of the Spanish fleet. The Spanish were holding their ground until the Americans embraced them and gain some more land. It took 2 hours for the Americans to defeat the Spanish fleet and take over all their land. The Spanish fleet was not comparable to the U.S. fleet because there were so many more men. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
The Battle of San Juan Hill was fought between an American force under the command of William Shafter and Joseph Wheeler. Arsenio Linares and Pombo led the Spanish force. It was one of the final battles and the most significant land victory of the Spanish-American War. The first part of the battle was fought on nearby Kettle Hill and included an uphill charge. This victory cleared the way for an infantry attack on San Juan Hill. -
Capture of Puerto Rico
On the heels of the Battle of San Juan Hill, 16,000 U.S. troops invaded Puerto Rico at Guánica. They stated that they were liberating them from Spanish colonial rule. Puerto Rico remains a U.S. commonwealth to this day. Puerto Ricans have had US citizenship since 1917, but citizens are still unable to vote for president and lack voting representation in the U.S congress. -
Armistice is Signed Between the US and Spain
In Puerto Rico, Spanish forces crumbled in the face of superior US forces and an armistice was signed between Spain and the United States. -
The treaty of Paris.
The treat was the ending of the war after 6 months of hostility. The treaty said that the U.S. got accounted Cuba, the Philippines, gaum, and Puerto Rico. Many people thought that American was in the wrong taking cuba and the Philipines. There weremany debates on who was in the wrong, Spain or the U.S. -
U.S. invades Cuba
The United States invaded Cuba to protect its interests and start the destruction of the USS Maine. The United States had a big interest in Cuba's sugar plantations. The Spanish-American War was caused by Cuba's struggle for independence war from Spain.