Spain wanted control over the islands for their economic gains. This is what triggered the Spanish-American War which ended in 1898 with the defeat of Spain by USA.
Spain ceded them to the US after the Spanish-American War.
Spain and the US.
After the Spanish-American War, Spain continued to maintain a military presence and engage in conflict in its remaining colonies, particularly in the Philippines. The Philippine-American War (1899-1902) involved resistance against American colonization, which had taken over following Spain's defeat. Additionally, Spain faced ongoing instability in Cuba and other territories, as nationalist movements and uprisings persisted in the aftermath of the war.
the war in afghanistan The defeat of the Spanish Pacific Fleet by Admiral Dewey at Manilla Bay, Philippines. The defeat of the Spanish Atlantic Fleet at Santiago Bay, Cuba, and the American land victory at San Juan Hill on Cuba. It really wasn't much of a war. It prefaced a far larger war which lasted far longer than the Spanish-American War, and that was the Philippine-American War which was not covered in textbooks in many schools, because America is ashamed that it occurred. Although Cuba gained their independence, Philippines should have as well during that war---after all they already had their own Filipino President and Constitution. Americans decided to fight the Filipinos for rule over the Philippines, and this war is sadly addressed only at the end of the Spanish American War. The US wasn't. Spain wasm't.
With defeat of Spain, the US became a world power for the first time
Spain wanted control over the islands for their economic gains. This is what triggered the Spanish-American War which ended in 1898 with the defeat of Spain by USA.
She was in poor health following Spain's defeat in the Spanish American War. She died of natural causes in 1904 at age 75.
Spain ceded them to the US after the Spanish-American War.
Cuba was a territory of Spain until the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. The war was betweein the U.S.and Spain not the U.S. and Cuba.
Spain and the US.
Spain.
Spain and the US.
America's ONLY rival in the Spanish-American War was Spain.
The Spanish American War and the Spanish Blockade
Cuba was a Spanish Territory until the Spanish American War.
Spain and the US.