a brief historyofcuba
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CUBABy Christine, Dylan, Jamie, Miranda, and Shelley
![Page 2: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
15TH CENTURY CUBA
Christopher Columbus lands in east Cuba in 1492.
Columbus returns to Cuba and sails along the south coast in 1494.
![Page 3: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
16TH CENTURY CUBA 1510 – Spanish set out from Hispaniola. The
conquest of Cuba begins. 1511 – The first governor of Cuba, the Spanish
conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, leads a group of settlers in Baracoa.
1514 – Havana founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana.
1527 – First African slaves arrive in Cuba. 1532 – First slave rebellion is crushed. 1542 – Spanish crown abandons the encomienda
settlement system. 1555 – French campaign against the Spanish in the
Caribbean leads to the sack of Havana. 1578 – French corsairs plunder Baracoa.
![Page 4: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
17TH CENTURY CUBA
1603 – Authorities decree that the sale of tobacco to foreigners is punishable by death.
1607 – Havana is officially named the capital of Cuba.
1649 – Epidemic kills a third of the island’s population.
1662 – English fleet captures Santiago de Cuba to open up trade with neighboring Jamaica.
1670 – English retreat after Spain recognises England’s ownership of Jamaica.
1670 – Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma becomes Governor of Cuba for 10 years.
![Page 5: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
18TH CENTURY CUBA
1728 – University of Havana is founded. 1734 – Francisco de Guemes y Horcasitas Gordón
de Saenz de Villamolinedo becomes Governor of Cuba for 12 years.
1747 – Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega becomes Governor of Cuba for 13 years.
1748 – Battle of Havana occurs. Skirmishes between British and Spanish fleets in Havana harbor.
1762 – British troops occupy Havana during Seven Years’ War.
1763 – The British reach an agreement with the Spanish to trade Cuba in return for Florida.
1793 – Slave rebellion (becomes Haitian Revolution)
![Page 6: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
19TH CENTURY CUBA
1844 – An uprising of black slaves, known as the Conspiración de la Escalera was brutally suppressed.
1868 – The first war of Cuban independence, or the Ten Years’ War, occurs, and revolutionaries proclaim Cuban independence.
1878 – Pact of Zanjón ends Ten Years’ War. 1880 – A second uprising is quelled by
superior Spanish forces. 1886 – Slavery is abolished. 1895 – Another Cuban Revolution occurs.
![Page 7: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
19TH CENTURY CUBA CONTINUED
1896 – Successful invasion campaign by Cuban rebels. Winston Churchill fights on Spanish side at the battle of Iguara.
1898 – U.S.S. Maine explodes in Havana Harbor. This fuels the start of the Spanish-American War.
1898 – Treaty of Peace in Paris ends the war by which Spain relinquished Cuba.
![Page 8: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
20TH CENTURY CUBA
1901 – Platt Amendment assures U.S. control over Cuban affairs.
1906 – U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba under Taft after a Cuban revolt.
1906 – Charles Magoon becomes U.S governor of Cuba.
1909 – José Miguel Gómez becomes Cuban governor of Cuba.
1917 – Cuba enters WW1 on the side of the Allies. 1928 – Julio Antonio Mella (a founder of the
Stalinist Communist Party in Cuba) is murdered. 1933 – Communist activity high with
establishment of soviets in eastern provinces.
![Page 9: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
20TH CENTURY CUBA CONTINUED
1933 – “Sergeants’ Revolt” topples government. 1938 – Communist Party legalized again. 1941 – Cuban Government declares war on
Germany, Japan, and Italy. 1952 – Former president Batista seizes power. 1953 – Castro and 160 revolutionaries launch an
attack on military barracks in Santiago de Cuba. 1955 – Castro and surviving members released
from prison. 1958 – U.S. suspends shipment of arms to Batista’s
forces. 1959 – President Batista flees the country. 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba.
![Page 10: A brief historyofcuba](https://reader033.vdocument.in/reader033/viewer/2022060119/5590e11b1a28ab38208b45e2/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
20TH CENTURY CUBA CONTINUED
1960 – CIA directors train Cuban exiles for invasion of Cuba.
1960 – All U.S. property in Cuba is nationalized at the direction of the Cuban government.
1960 – U.S imposes embargo prohibiting all exports to Cuba except food and medicine.
1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion by the U.S. 1962 – President Kennedy is informed that
surface to air missile batteries exist in Cuba. 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis occurs and
agreement is arranged.