<P> The hold of the Spanish Empire on possessions in the Americas was reduced in the 1820s as a result of the Spanish American wars of independence ; only Cuba and Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule until the Spanish -- American War ( 1898 ) that resulted from the Cuban War of Independence . Under the Treaty of Paris , Cuba became a U.S. protectorate ; the U.S. gained a position of economic and political dominance over the island , which persisted after it became formally independent in 1902 . </P>
<P> The hold of the Spanish Empire on possessions in the Americas was reduced in the 1820s as a result of the Spanish American wars of independence ; only Cuba and Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule until the Spanish -- American War ( 1898 ) that resulted from the Cuban War of Independence . Under the Treaty of Paris , Cuba became a U.S. protectorate ; the U.S. gained a position of economic and political dominance over the island , which persisted after it became formally independent in 1902 . </P>
when did cuba become a protectorate of the us
when did cuba become a protectorate of the us
Under the Treaty of Paris
Under the Treaty of Paris