Expansionism

  • Missionaries

    Protestant English Missionaries landed in Hawaii
  • Plan for a canal

    The British started a plan to build a canal, however planing is all they did.
  • French Excavating

    The French began excavating for the Panama Canal but gave up due to sickness and other things.
  • Hawaii queen overthrown

    Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown by her own people and sugar cane farmers.
  • Republic of Hawaii

    Hawaii gained independence from its queen and became its own republic for a short time.
  • United States neutral in the Cuban war

    The U.S wants to stay neutral in order to peacefully make money from the war.
  • Annexation treaty

    Annexation treaty introduced to Congress to annex Hawaii
  • Annexation treaty protest

    Liliuokalani sends protest to annexation treaty, many of her people stood with her in the protest but it din't do much.
  • McKinley as President

    McKinley wanted to annex Hawaii so that other countries couldn't use it.
  • USS Maine sinks mysteriously

    A ship docked in a Spanish port sank under unknowns circumstances and the Americans blamed the Spanish.
  • United States declared war against Spain

    After the USS Maine sunk, the United states declared war.
  • First battle

    The United States defeats the first Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
  • U.S wins San Juan battle

    The U.S wins the first battle in the Spanish American war.
  • New-lands Resolution

    Hawaii was annexed into the United States.
  • Spanish Surrender

    After a short time spent fighting the Spanish surrender and give up.
  • Protocol of Peace

    The Protocol of Peace called an end to the Spanish American war.
  • Treaty of Paris

    United States had Spain relinquished nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire
  • U.S gains territory

    The United States gained Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines
  • Cuban Republic

    United States relinquished its occupation authority over Cuba, but claimed a continuing right to intervene in Cuba
  • Decision to build canal in Panama

    United States officials decided to build the canal in Panama after they helped them reach independence.
  • Varilla Treaty

    Established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.
  • Panama Independence

    Panama gained it's independence with the help of the U.S.
  • Finished

    The panama canal was finally finished in 1914, taking 14 years to complete.
  • USS Ancon

    The USS Ancon was the first ship to pass through the newly constructed Panama canal.
  • Hawaii is a state

    Hawaii is finally annexed as a state after being a republic for a few years.