Polity Republic of Cuba (USA)

This article is about the specific polity Republic of Cuba (USA) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Refers to the periods of American occupation of Cuba started with the U.S. victory over Spain in the Spanish-American War.

Establishment

  • April 1899: Cuba became a U.S. protectorate at the end of the Spanish-American War.

Chronology

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1. Spanish-American War

Was a war between Spain and the United States of America. The immediate cause of the war was the American support to Cuban independence.

1.1. Treaty of Paris (1898)

Was the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. Spain ceded most of its colonies (the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam) to the United States.

  • April 1899: Cuba became a U.S. protectorate at the end of the Spanish-American War.

2. Banana Wars

were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934.

2.1. Second Occupation of Cuba

When the government of Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma collapsed, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered U.S. military forces into Cuba. Their mission was to prevent fighting between the Cubans, to protect U.S. economic interests there, and to hold free elections in order to establish a new and legitimate government.

  • September 1906: When the government of Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma collapsed, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered U.S. military forces into Cuba, starting the Second U.S. Occupation of Cuba (September 1906).
  • February 1909: After the establishment of a new Cuban government under U.S. supervision, the Second U.S. Military Occupation of Cuba was ended.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • May 1902: In 1902, U.S. forces withdrew from most of Cuba, which remained a de facto protectorate. They left a military base at Guantanamo Bay, which continues to operate today.
  • June 1934: The Cuban-American Treaty of Relations took effect on June 9, 1934. It abrogated the Treaty of Relations of 1903, so the island ceased to be a U.S. Protectorate.

Disestablishment

  • June 1934: The Cuban-American Treaty of Relations took effect on June 9, 1934. It abrogated the Treaty of Relations of 1903, so the island ceased to be a U.S. Protectorate.