AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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1895
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1900’s
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1850
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1760
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Detailed explanation-1: -1895. Cuban independence movement (Ejército Libertador de Cuba) issued in the Grito de Baire, declaring Independencia o muerte (Independence or death), as the revolutionary movement in Cuba began. It was quelled by Spanish authorities that same day. Antonio Maceo returned from exile to Cuba to support the revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cuban insurrectos revolted against Spanish rule in early 1895. In this they were financed largely by American sugar planters on the island who desired a more hospitable government. Valeriano Weyler, a Spanish soldier of Prussian descent, was sent in 1896 to crush the uprising.
Detailed explanation-3: -In September 1895 they declared the Republic of Cuba and sent Maceo’s forces to invade the western provinces. By January 1896 rebel forces controlled most of the island, and the Spanish government replaced Martínez Campos with Gen. Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, who soon became known as El Carnicero (“The Butcher”).
Detailed explanation-4: -U.S. Recognition of Cuban Independence, 1902. Following the defeat of Spain in 1898, the United States remained in Cuba as an occupying power until the Republic of Cuba was formally installed on May 19, 1902.