Cuban Srtuggle

Ever since Cuba was founded in 1492 by the one and only Christopher Columbus, they have been under Spain's power. Once Spain had claimed Cuba they soon later started settling and making towns. During this time the settlers began to enslave the natives and forced great changes upon them such as Christianity. As time went on the natives began to decrease due to diseases and lack of natural resistance. There were only about two-thirds that remained. As the years passed some of Spain's other territories started to gain their own independence from them but Cuba did not. Cuba was dependent on Spain for trade and feared the rising power of the United States. Thanks to Cuba's loyalty Spain gave Cuba the motto "La Siempre Fidelismia Isla" meaning the always most faithful land. As time passes Cuba will not be so loyal and will soon fight for their independence. When doing so many countries will get involved and Cuba will eventually win their great battle with Spain.

As time progressed Cuba started to see the dark side of Spain as a ruler. After the economic crisis in 1966 Cuba failed when it came to reformist efforts. As time pressed on Cuba saw no money coming into the island but the colonial administration continued to make huge profits. In 1869 Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and many others began their fight to win independence from Spain for Cuba. This was started after the Cuban population still had no say in political rights. This started some underground movements. In July 1867, the "Revolutionary Committee of Bayamo" founded by Francisco Vicente Aguilera. The conspiracy rapidly spread to towns, where Carlos Manuel de Céspedes became the main protagonist of the uprising. In October Cespedes issued the independence cried called "10th of October Manifesto" this was the start of the wars. This was also known as the Ten Years' War. The rebels started to seize city by city in order to gain power but once they conquered a city the Spanish seized it right back. This continued on and on and eventually Cuba started to gain some group. After these victories Cuba initiated an army. This was the first sign of freedom but it would not last long. In April of 1869 a constitutional assembly took place. This was established to provide a great amount of organization. During this assembly they constructed votes for presidents of this organization and sought out future plans. When hearing about this is Spanish were outraged and they responded by unleashing a war of extermination. They began to seize all weapons and began to make rules for Cuba, this was a turn for the worse. In 1878 Spain and Cuba finally signed a negotiating committee. For the next 17 years there will be great tension between the two which is referred to as "The Rewarding Truce".

Although there was a negotiating treaty signed between Cuba and Spain, war broke out again. This one was called the Little