The Spanish American war began in 1898. This war was against America and Spain. The Spanish-American war ended the Spanish 's colonial rule over some part of America and other country 's. A problem that leads to the war was the Cuban 's were in dire need of independence from Spain. This started in February 1895. Spain started to punish those who started to rebel against them. Spain said they did not want to start a war on the 9th of April, at this time they also set up a program for Cuba to have limited power. The united states did not like this plan at all so the united states congress wanted the Spanish troops to leave Cuba alone so that Cuba could start their own independence. Spain did not like what the united states were doing so they decided to …show more content…
After the Treaty of Paris all of those country 's that were controlled by Spain got there independence. The Spanish american war was just like the American revolution. America was under the rule of England so America fought for there freedom. Soon America was there own country. This American Revolution was very similar to the Spanish American war. Both of these wars were fought for a country 's freedom. History really does repeat itself. There is some background information on how Spain actually took over some parts of the world. This goes way back to 1492 where Spain was the first European country to actually sail across the Atlantic ocean going westward. By doing this the Spanish colonized different parts of the western hemisphere. This allowed the Spanish to expand from Virginia all across the eastern parts of the United states. The Spanish went across the Pacific ocean to a lot of the islands including the Philippines. By 1825 a lot of the empire was taken by other country 's but Spanish did keep hold of what they had. The conturys that the Spanish still had were " Cuba and Puerto Rico and across the Pacific in Philippines Islands, and the Carolina, Marshall, and Mariana Islands (including Guam) in
What started the war was the Indians betraying the Spaniards and attacking them. What was supposed to happen was the Spaniards were going to give supplies to the Indians while the Indians would give food and crops. Instead the Indians took the gifts and lied about having the crops and then attacked them. Governor Onate had to take action and prepared to attack but wanted to offer peace under certain conditions. The Indians did not accept the peace offering and were attacked.
The Battle of San Juan Hill, Before 1898, Spain had ruled over a vast, profitable empire for over four centuries, The Spanish Empire controlled the Caribbean, Central, and South America, Cuba considered as the linchpin to the Spanish empire and Havana was the most important harbor in Americas at the time. Following the involvement of Spain in the Napoleonic Wars (1808-1815) many provinces took the opportunity to seize independence, by the 1860 Cuba and Puerto Rico were the only remaining Spanish provinces. In 1868 the seeds of unrest had spread throughout Cuba and the first Cuban war for independence came in 1868 and Cuban launched a ten years war.
Robert Ressetar The American people where thirsty for blood. The Spanish American war was a war declared by the people of the United States. Americans believed win their hearts we were a world power, now they had to show the world. There were many things and propaganda that led to this war. I believe that the Propoganda that was being circulated throughout the country was probably one of the single biggest factors of the war.
The first reason is the main reason the U.S joined the Spanish-American war is territory and resources. According to a document by Jason Colby, Spain took control of Cuba, the Philippines Islands, and Puerto Rico. The U.S was worried that
The Spanish American War occurred in 1898 between Spain and the United States. Spain declared war on the United States on April 24 with the United States declaring war on Spain on April 25. The Spanish American war was a one sided war, as Spain’s Army nor Navy were prepared. 1At the time, Spain had control of Cuba and when the war ended, the United States ended up with territories in the Pacific and Latin America.
During the 19th century, the people of the United States of America had a belief that they had a justifiable right to expand its territory; otherwise known as manifest destiny. This belief of inevitable conquering land in North America led to conflicts with the indigenous people already occupying the land. One of the conflicts the Americans had with the indigenous people of North America was the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) in which Mexico fought for their territory that the Americans thought was rightfully theirs in the attempt to expand west. There may be several reasons to the cause of the Mexican-American war, however, the two major causes of the war were consequences resulting from the Texas War of Independence and the American’s desire
A major cause of this was an increasing sense of jingoism in the United States. This was a very strong sense of nationalism in the U.S. that led to an aggressive foreign policy. The U.S. defeated Spain easily and conquered the lands of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. The Spanish people were eager for the U.S. to come and protect them during this war (Document 7). Later in the 1800s, the United States had developed a very powerful and efficient navy.
Spain fought with countries such as France, England, and the Dutch for control over lands in the New World, because they were all seeking wealth and power. They had even faced the threat of foreign attacks from England. Because of
The U.S. refused to consult countries in the regions about their affairs (Paterson 347). As a result, many countries involved in the Spanish-American war formed liberation movements to combat the influence of Spain and the U.S. In conclusion, the U.S. had superimposed its influence over these countries by managing their trade and governmental affairs and created a regional
The tension between Spain and America was on the
There were many important causes and effects of the Spanish American War. In the 1880’s the U.S. wanted to achieve manifest destiny and so they expanded out west and took control over the Native Americans. There were four different motives that the United States could’ve used to imperialize: political and military interest and economic interest were mostly with trading. Humanitarian and religious interest, to help those that you have allied with or to spread religion and the rich help those who were “under privileged.” Lastly, social darwinism, the idea that you are superior than someone else.
In 1890 the U.S. went into war with spain for many reason for example. yellow journalism, imperialism and the sinking of the Maine is what caused the American population to want to go to war with Spain. yellow journalism is what got the rage in the american public. When the U.S.S. Maine was sunk word spread fast and the people were quick to blame the Spanish. Since the U.S had so many investments in Cuba it made one of the causes of the Spanish American War
The Mexican-American War changed the Unites States of America in a monumental way. This war changed The U.S.A.’s relationship with foreign powers and the economic standpoint of the nation. The Mexican- American war, and its strong ties to manifest destiny, shaped the nation in a country bordered by two seas with a chance for common folk and foreigners to have a sustainable life due to the gold rush. The war can also be accounted for the downfall leading to the Civil War over the conflict of slavery due to the land purchased in the wars treaty. Conflict between Mexico and the United States began when Texas, previously part of Mexico, became part of the United States.
The Spanish-American War occurred in the midst of discontent among Cubans and Puerto Rico, upset with America’s increased economic influence.
Both Spain and the United States were truly impacted by the war because the war happened unexpectedly. The Spanish-American War was not started by one event alone, but with the accumulation many events which caused the war to explode. It started with the event surrounding USS Maine, was a "second class" battleship built up for the U.S. Navy. Spain sent General “Butcher” Weyler to control the situation in Cuba, so America sent the navy battleship called the USS Maine to the area to protect American investments.