Patria o Muerte, Venceremos!

CONTEXT

Important events

• 1492, Columbus
• 1511, Diego colonizes, governor
• 1512, Arawaks wiped out
• 1513, First time slavery is recorded
• 1514, Havana established

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Important Events

• 1526, Importation of slaves actually begins
• 1557, only 2000 / 3 million Tainos left
• 1602, 20,000 people
• Industrialization begins 1700’s
• 1762, Havana taken over by British

Important events

• 1763, Treaty of Paris (Havana returned)
• 1784, Legal trade with other nations banned
• 1804, Haiti officially independent, Sugar Boom
• 1817, Population: 630,980
• 1820's other revolutions in Latin America

Causes

Political

• Militaristic Spaniards
• Spanish despotism
• Political parties
• Colony contradicts monopoly
• Other revolts around the world

Political

• Spain made no attempt to find a shared solution
• Spain misunderstood why people were angry
• Indifferent to the problems of Cuba
• Disposal of Queen Isabella II in 1868
• Harsh military rule of Fransisco Lerundi

Economic

• Slavery
• Economic crisis of 1857 and 1866
• Different regions and the sugar boom
• Salary work
• Spanish taxation

Social

• Racism (Creoles vs Spaniards)
• Free expression
• Exploitation (Spaniards and Criollos)
• Division between classes and hierarchy

Slave REbellionS

Ten years' War

LeaderS

• Carlos Manuel Cespedes, a sugar plantation owner (lived in USA)
• Half African, half Spaniard
• He gave an amazing speech against Spain
• Died in 1874
• Maximo Gomez, Dominican Republic, replaced

Procedure

• Rebels seized Bayamo, anthem
• Nation divided
• Thomas Jordan, ethnic cleansing
• April 10, 1869, Assembly (Separate civil from military)
• Spanish were super violent, 250,000 soldiers, won slowly

Why it didn't work

• Dissension and division / loss of unity
• Guerilla warfare
• Death of Cespedes
• 1876, forced resignation of Maximo
• Stoppage of Arms Supply / Applicants

Little war

How it turned out

• Calixto Garcia
• Few experienced leaders
• Shortage of ammo and weapons, no allies
• Ten Years' War was too much, peace
• Leaders arrested and surrendered, totally defeated

CUBAN war of independence

Quick summary

• US Civil War was over, big change, helped
• With Cuban intelligence, USA helped a great deal
• 3,000 rebels versus over 200,000 soldiers (not to mention back ups)
• Rebels used tactics and booby traps
• Half of the nation wasn't theirs

USS MAINE BLOWS UP

DON't mess with us

Spanish-American War

What happened

• Committed genocide in Philippines
• Colonizing, perfect chance for intervention
• Beat the Spanish, world respected
• Insane propaganda (songs, everything, yellow journalism)
• Cuba freed

First constitution

• 1901
• Gave USA the right to intervene
• 4 other constitutions

1934

After

What happened?

• Communism, Castro
• Cold War
• Bay of Pigs invasion
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Is there more?

Why Are americans not allowed to enter cuba?

• Failure towards restoring power in Cuba
• Do not want to fund communism
• Businessmen kicked out
• Otherwise confidential

SPRITE

PIRETS

SPIRET IMAGE

• Created during first conflict
• Three blue stripes representing division of nation
• Two white stripes showing the patriotism
• Red triangle, bloodshed to free the nation
• White star stand for independence

Extra info

• Name of Cuba (Portuguese Columbus, Taino)
• Jazz
• 11.27 million people (2012)
• Exceptional health care system
• Cigars, rum and baseball

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Fireworks

SOurces

• PBS
• PREZI
• WIKIPEDIA
• CIA
• SPANAM

Sources

• BBC
• History of Cuba
• loc.gov
• Britannica
• Individual People