Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Conflict episode
Cuban insurgents fought Spanish colonial rule from 1895; General Valeriano Weyler's reconcentration policy forced hundreds of thousands of civilians into camps, causing a disputed death toll variously estimated between roughly 95,000 and 300,000.
Significance here: The armed struggle whose escalation, including the reconcentration policy, drew US intervention and ended Spanish rule.
· Agreement
Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba in the Treaty of Paris, signed 10 December 1898, ending the Spanish-American War; Cuba was placed under US military government rather than granted immediate independence.
Significance here: Ended Spanish sovereignty over Cuba, though independence followed only after a period of US military government.
· Declaration
US military government of Cuba ended on 20 May 1902, when the Republic of Cuba was established under President Tomás Estrada Palma.
Significance here: The formal end of US military government and establishment of Cuban independence.
· Agreement
The United States and Cuba signed a new Treaty of Relations on 29 May 1934, abrogating most of the Platt Amendment while preserving the legality of prior US occupation actions and the Guantánamo Bay lease.
Significance here: Removed the US right of intervention that had constrained Cuban sovereignty since 1901-02.
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