On February the 15th, in 1898, The battleship Maine was sunk by the Spanish crown, in Havana Harbor. This was the reason why the United States declared war on Spain in May of the same year.
When the war ended, in December of 1898, Spain had lost all its control over the territories of Puerto Rico, Cuba, The Philippines Islands, and Guam, with some smaller islands as well.
The War ended with the ratification of the Treaty of Paris, that was signed on December 10th, 1898.
VANDE MATARAM is written by Bankim Chandra Ch.atterjee.
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<h3>Answered by:-</h3><h2>Cutest Ghost</h2>
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Native Americans' population declined because of infighting within the tribes, because of wars with the colonists but mostly because of the new diseases brought to their land by the colonists that their body was not use to and that their immune system could not fight off. -- Also because of population resulting in spreading of diseases -equals more death due to undeveloped medical tech
