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.
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Steam locomotives had been developed after the steam engine was built in the late 17th century, And with it’s improvement by James Watt had room for improvement of the steam engine. There were prototypes as well that were previously created but several had failed until British Engineer George Stephenson built a successful locomotive called Blucher, and for that reason the first public railway was opened.
