History-Cuba

History of Cuba

By: Megan M. Alyssa H. Cassidy C. Ethan R. Lorenzo E.

Columbus finding Cuba It was the year 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He was in search of India, and instead of going east he went west ward. Then he landed in the Island of Cuba this happened in 1492. He got the money from the King & Queen of Spain to support his journey. The journey started on August 3, 1492 after visiting some other Islands he went to Cuba on October 28, 1492 they landed in Cuba on the shores. While they were their in search for gold the crew was unlucky, and then finally the saw a woman with gold jewelry. Their tried to find the the treasure. The Santa Maria sunk before they could look more further, and they had already lost the pinta. So the had to back to Europe, but Columbus left some men behind to stay with the natives. The men that had been left died so that did not work as planned. The local Cubans were tricked by the spanish brightly colored stuff. The Cubans were amazed by these foreigners that had come. Cubans traded all they had to get the stuff from the foreigners like food. A mere half a century passed by in Cuba disease and mail treatment almost the entire Cuban population was killed off. That was alot for such a small population of people.

Christopher Columbus finding Cuba

Slave Trade in Cuba

media type="custom" key="5835797" The Cuban's played a big role in the slave trade in Africa. In Cuba the slaves were forced to work big sugar plantations out in the scorching sun. This job today is taken over by machines the video that I have placed on the page shows how the harvest sugar cane today. The slaves used to do this by hand day after day working out in the fields. The product in which Cuba has which is sugar cane was very much wanted in because of the sweet taste. Probably thousands of slaves came to cuba to be sold to plantation owners. Since after the Slave ended part of the African culture stayed with Cuba to help form there cultural background.

America & Cuba Vs. Spain In 1898, the U.S government sent a warship called the USS Maine the ship was sent to the bay of Havana. the ship was to protect American citizens who had bought land in Cuba in the late 1800's. The USS Maine blew up and the Americans blamed the Spanish for the explosion and declared war on Spain.​



Jose Marti

When he was 15 he began to decide against the spanish colonists he stressed the need for cubans to become free. cuba fought with spain in 1895. Cuba became an independent republic in 1902. The united states controlled cubas economy until 1960.


 * Dictators**

Fulgencio Batista effectively held power either as a president or indirectly as head of the army since the 1930's and in 1952. He over threw government to return his power. Rebels lend by Fidel Castro was determined to defend batist.



Guantanamo Bay is a naval camp where america held murderous terrorists. The naval base was established in 1898 when America took control of Cuba from the Spanish Vs. America war. The first batch of prisoners arrived in Cuba in January of 2002. America owned the land but decided not to use it until over 100 years later! America has occupied Guantanamo Bay sense 1898, leasing it for $4,000 dollars a year and maintaining it.**
 * Guantanamo Bay