Spanish American War Research Paper

The war that some called the pleasant war or the spanish-american war. The war started when the u.s. declared war on Spain. After the ship Maine sank in Havana harbor. That is where it had all started. The date was February 15,1898. Long story short there was a treaty signed called the treaty of paris. The reason they signed the treaty was because the spanish lost or was on their way of losing and they thought they better sign it before america takes over. So they sign it. But here is an essay about what all started it. In 1842 Spain sail across the atlantic ocean they were the first spanish nation. The nation want to civilize the amerindian. There exploration was at it greatest was from Virginia on the east coast to terra del fuego …show more content…
One man from the Jose Rizal he wanted to only support the “full blooded spaniards”. He started his political career at the university of Madrid. But he disappeared for a while Andres Bonifacio founded a group called Katipunan and made them revolt. He made a deal with the Spaniard and they sent him to Hong Kong to buy more weapons. To keep the war going. Then Puerto Rico decided that a way to get freedom was to take make allies with the United …show more content…
wanted to buy Cuba. During the ten year war they were buying many pieces of land from Cuba for sugar cane land. The U.S. invested 50 million dollars into Cuba which the land was worth twice a much for fresh beet sugar.The U.S. went through a time when General Valeriano weyler were Going to emplaced a new a police called recantation. recentration which is when in Cuba food was scarce. They started sending Cubans to concentration camps. The U.s. They were Going to intercede in the middle of it. The government donated 50 million dollars to strengthen the Military but a little later the U.S.S. Maine blew up. On April 21 President Mckinley put up a blockade and a few days later Cuba declared war on the u.s. The war was declared on april 25,1898. The United States added the The Teller Amendment which was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba.

The war started in the Philippines where it was at manila bay on may 1. The spanish fleet on the rear was defeated. They did not have enough manpower to defeat manila. Until 15,000 U.S. troops arrived in the end of July. The ship Charleston stop in Guam and surrendered. The Governor did not realize he was at war. There was a peace treaty signed on may 12 Between the ship and manila. but the next day Manila got attacked by commodore Dewey ,