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Treaty of Paris

It has taken us two and a half centuries to realize just how important this conflict was.

The White Man’s Burden

When an armistice ended the Spanish-American War on August 12, the United States found itself with three major new territories obtained in three different ways. The first was Hawaii, annexed on July 7 with the President’s signature on a joint congressional resolution.

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