William R. Day, former Secretary of State; Republican (proto-fascist/socialist) Senator Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota; and President Don Eugenio Montero Rios, of the Senate of the Kingdom of Spain, sign the 1898 Treaty of Paris: the United states assumes colonial control of the Spanish enclaves of Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico in exchange for 20,000,000 Dollars. The U.s. assumes temporary control of Cuba for four years only. This begins the U.s.’ first attempt at nation building.
NOTE: While “nation-building is a laudable goal, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the united States says that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”; it does NOT state that “The United States shall guarantee to every nation on this planet a Republican Form of Government” [emphasis added].
[updated 3/30/2025]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Doug Bandow, “Nation-Building’s Grim Record,” Orange County (California) Register, 25 April 2003, Local:7.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 253.
PolicyBrief#24 – Policybrief24.pdf
carnegieendowment.org/files/Policybrief24.pdf
Treaty of Paris (1898) – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1898)
Current U.s. National Debt:
