Spanish American War Britannica. Battleship Maine which had been sent to Havana on the 25th of January was destroyed in Havana harbour by an explosion with a loss of 266. Spain declared war on April 24.
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Senate but was approved on February 6 1899 by a single vote. For the causes leading up to the war see Cuba and United States. The immediate cause of the Spanish-American War was Cubas struggle for independence from Spain.
Battleship Maine which had been sent to Havana on the 25th of January was destroyed in Havana harbour by an explosion with a loss of 266 lives.
On May 1 in Manila Bay Deweys squadron destroyed all the Spanish ships on the scene in a few hours. Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey was ordered to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet then in Philippine waters. After the United States had declared war on Spain the US. The treaty was strongly opposed in the US.
