The Main Causes Of The Spanish American War

During the 1895 and 1898, Cuba and the Philippine Islands were against Spain. The Cubans gained independence, Filipinos did not gain independence. Spain declared war on the U.S. because the U.S. supported Cuba's independent Spanish rule. The Spanish military forced Cubans to go in slave communities as well, and thousands of people died from disease and lack of food. Then the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1898, and then Cuba was freed, then U.S. gained the Philippines for $20 million dollars.- ("The Spanish American War.)

Puerto Rico gave up to the U.S. American newspapers and later called “yellow journalism,” this was to create more support for the Cubans. The war begun in during the Cuban struggle, and it was for independence from Spain, and this started in February 1895. - ("Spanish American War.").
10, 1898, then Spain renounced to gain all of Cuba, Puerto Rico to the United States.- ("Spanish American War."). Other main causes of the Spanish American War was the battleship maine mysteriously disappeared (meaning it sunk) and then the Spanish said something not very smart they when the battleship went missing and they said “We will pay for the missing battleship,” and this made the U.S gain suspicion towards Spain. The Spanish American War was important because it was a big turning point in the history, Spain’s defeat immediately got the nation’s attention away from its overseas when the Battleship Main