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10 December: Spain and the United States sign the Treaty of Paris. 1899. 1 January: Military government installed by the United States. 11 April: Spanish–American War officially ends. 1901. 21 February: Constitution of the Republic of Cuba is adopted. 31 December: Estrada Palma is elected the first president of the Republic of Cuba. 1902
This is a timeline of Cuban history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Cuba and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Cuba. See also the list of colonial governors of Cuba and list of presidents of Cuba
In 1912, during the Banana Wars period, the U.S. occupied Nicaragua as a means of protecting American business interests and protecting the rights that Nicaragua granted to the United States to construct a canal there. [57] At the same time, the United States and Mexican governments competed for political influence in Central America.
This brought about American intervention in the war, which became the Spanish–American War that ended with the Treaty of Paris on December 10, within which Spain ceded Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States. Thus, a new stage in Cuban history was begun.
The United States occupation of Cuba may refer to: the United States Military Government in Cuba (1898–1902) the Second Occupation of Cuba (1906–1909) the Sugar Intervention (1917–1922), a third occupation of Cuba
The United States reoccupies Cuba, September 29, 1906 – January 28, 1909 The Territory of Oklahoma is admitted to the Union as the State of Oklahoma (the 46th state) on November 16, 1907 William Howard Taft becomes the 27th president of the United States on March 4, 1909
The Government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the Treaty of Paris on the United States ...
The governments of Cuba between independence from Spain and the Revolution have been regarded as client state of the United States. [12] From 1902 to 1934 Cuban and United States law included the Platt Amendment, which guaranteed the US right to intervene in Cuba and placed restrictions on Cuban foreign relations. [13]