<span>By the Treaty of Paris Signed Dec 10 1898 Spain renounced all claim to Cuba Ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States; also transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. The Spanish-American War was an important turning point in the history of both antagonists too.</span>
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That time was a critical time in our history because that was when man began to start evolving from hunter-gathering to farming/agriculture. Many civilizations that stayed in hunting-gathering could not grow their civilization and traditions (because agriculture led to a boom in population) therefore some died out where some civilizations (Egypt and China) adapted to agriculture early and their land was suited for agriculture, helping their civilization to sustain for a longer period of time.
A. better nutrient sparked population growth and longer lives.