Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ƙara yawan tsattsauran ra'ayi, tashin hankali na mulkin mallaka a Cuba (Cuban War of Independence) da kuma tsibirin Philippine (Revolution Philippine) wanda ya ƙare tare da Spanish-American War na 1898. A ranar 1 ga Mayu, sojojin Amurka sun hallaka rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Pacific ta Spain a yakin Manila Bay a yakin farko na Spanish-American War. Yaƙin Las Guasimas, Yaƙin El Caney
, da kuma yakin San Juan Hill an ƙidaya su a matsayin nasarar Amurka amma sun ga sojojin Mutanen Espanya sun yi mummunan rauni. Bayan warewa da kuma kayar da sansanin Mutanen Espanya a Cuba, sojojin Amurka sun hallaka rundunar jiragen ruwa na Caribbean a ranar 3 ga watan Yuli a yakin Santiago de Cuba. An sake kiran wani jirgin ruwa na zamani na Mutanen Espanya, wanda aka aika don kokarin dawo da Manila, don kare bakin tekun Mutanen Espanya daga yiwuwar harin Amurka. Hakan ya sa ba a sake samun wani zarafin da Mutanen Espanya za su yi amfani da shi don su ci ƙasashen da suke mallaka ba.