HISTORY 7B Lecture 10: Lecture 10_ Imperialism - History 7B
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Us arrived as a colonial power in 1898. Treaty that allows sugar to be shipped into us tax free. Liliuokalani began to revise hawaii constitution as queen. Grover cleveland didn"t allow hawaii to be annexed to us for racist reasons. Hawaii declared itself a republic in 1894. When hawaii broke out in war, that catalyzed hawaii"s annexation. Us takeover of philippines = most important. Spain vs cuba in war of independence. Theodore roosevelt proposed to cuba that they be under us control. A lot of americans were sympathetic with cuban independence. Us passed a law saying that it would not annex cuba, but mckinley was not satisfied. Platte agreement: cubans can be independent if they protect land of us businessmen and give them 2 naval bases. Racial politics of cuban independence = very controversial. Treaty of spain = us won platte agreement terms. 1st battle of spanish-american war was in the philippines.
