What if the Spanish-American war never happened?

::What if the Spanish-American war never happened?:: Interesting question. Immediately before the Maine blowing up, Cuba was in the middle of the third independentist insurrection[1]. read more

The Spanish-American war wasn’t particularly important in and of itself. While it resulted in Spain’s loss of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands among others, this was inevitable because the Spanish Empire had effectively ceased to exist. read more

Spain ceded Florida (and parts of Oregon) to the United States in 1819, almost 80 years before the Spanish-American War occurred. Spain barely policed Florida, which was used as a staging ground for Seminole attacks on American settlers in the South, and gave it up for basically nothing. read more

Saw the necro'd thread in after 1900 regarding no Spanish American War, and the discussion and various ideas on what would happen to the Philippines interested me. read more