Little War (Cuba)
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Calixto García, the main organizer of the conflict | |||||||
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Cuban Rebels | Spain | ||||||
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Emilio Núñez |
Camilo Polavieja | ||||||
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8000 | Tens of thousands | ||||||
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Hundreds killed[1] | Unknown |
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Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821) |
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Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) |
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The Little War or Small War (
Origins
The war had the same origins as the
The war
The revolution was led by
Aftermath
Although the Spanish had made promises of reform, they were ineffective. The Spanish Constitution of 1876 was applied to Cuba in 1881, but this changed little. Although Cuba was able to send representatives to the Cortes Generales, the Spanish parliament, in practice the representatives were among the most conservative in Cuba, and thus little was changed.[2]
The lack of any true reform resulted in another uprising 15 years later, the Cuban War of Independence, which came to be known as the War of '95. The experience gained by the revolutionary generals in the Little War was a great help to them, and following the War of '95 and the linked Spanish–American War, Cuba gained independence from Spain.
See also
- Ten Years' War
- Cuban War of Independence
- José Semidei Rodríguez
- Francisco Gonzalo Marín
- Juan Ríus Rivera
References
- ISBN 978-0786474707.
- ^ a b c "The Little War or Guerra Chiquita". Cuba Heritage.org. 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
- ^ "The Little War (La Guerra Chiquita)". historyofcuba.com. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
- ^ "History of the Cuban Liberation Wars". CubaGenWeb. 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.