HIST 2057 Lecture : HIST 2057 Notes Paper 2
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The american empire, part i: 1865-1917: the american continent. In 1868 the cubans rebel against spanish rule. Sugar industry in cuba develops after it does in hawaii. Problem: cuba is not an independent country (colony of spain) like hi. Rebellion goes on for 10 years, spain does agree to some reforms. Spain agreed to some level of cuba"s own government. These agreements take a while to play out and are not completely met either. Takes another 10 years after this to get rid of slavery. American investment continues to grow in cuba (especially the sugar industry) All sugar able to come into u. s. duty free. This leads to the hawaii rebellion which leads to the u. s. annexing hawaii. Also start having a glut of sugar in the u. s. Sugar cane is now not the only way to make processed sugar (sugar beats) which makes.
