Carnegie also opposed the annexation of Cuba by the United States and in this, was successful with many other conservatives who founded an anti-imperialist league that included former presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, and literary figures like Mark Twain.

He did not oppose the annexation of the Hawaiian islands, Cuba and Puerto Rico, but Carnegie stood still on his opposition towards the annexation of the Philippines.

In the early 19th century, three major political currents took shape in Cuba: reformism, annexation and independence.

The most outstanding attempts in support of annexation were made by former Spanish Army General Narciso López, who prepared four filibuster expeditions to Cuba in the US.

With its victory in the Spanish-American War in 1899 and its growing stature in the world, the United States supported annexation of the former Spanish colonies of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, without the consent of their peoples, and it retained " quasi-suzerainty " over Cuba, as well.

Louisiana Senator Pierre Soulé was sent to Spain to negotiate the annexation of Cuba.

In an Interamerican Congress summoned in Washington in October 1889 to discuss U. S. position on Cuba, purchase, annexation, and seizure were discussed.

Tomás Estrada Palma, who had once favored outright annexation of Cuba by the United States, became President of Cuba on May 20, 1902.

It was made clear that no attempt at annexation of Cuba would be made and that the island's independence would be guaranteed.

Without recognizing some government in Cuba, Congressmen feared McKinley was simply priming the island for annexation.

* Ambrosio José Gonzales, a Cuban revolutionary in exile in the United States who fought for the U. S. annexation of Cuba.

Located off the coast of Florida, Cuba had been a subject for annexation in several presidential administrations.

He would later describe Cuba and Puerto Rico as " natural appendages to the North American continent " – the former's annexation was " indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.

" While slavery was not the stated goal nor Cuba mentioned by name, the antebellum makeup of his party required the Northerner to appeal to Southern interests, so he favored the annexation of Cuba as a slave state.

Prominent among the reasons for annexation outlined in the manifesto were fears of a possible Haiti-type slave revolt in Cuba in the absence of U. S. intervention.

However, many questioned Céspedes's plans for manumission, notably the rate at which slaves were to be freed, or disagreed with his call for U. S. annexation of Cuba.

After the annexation of Cuba and Puerto Rico to the United States and the prohibition of Canary emigration to Puerto Rico in 1898, Canary emigration is directed basically to Cuba, with certain flows to other countries ( especially Argentina and Uruguay ).

About 385-380 BC the philhellene Evagoras of Salamis was similarly opposed by Amathus, in conjunction with Citium and Soli ; and even after Alexander the city resisted annexation, and was bound over to give hostages to Seleucus.

He was born in Paris to Alsatian agnostic Jewish parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.

On the lower Danube, which was given priority over the upper Danube, this required the annexation of Moesia and Thrace ; the latter, however, was spared annexation as it was in the hands of a friendly king.

The strategic result of Crassus ' campaigns was the permanent annexation of Moesia by Rome.

In March 1909, Serbia was forced to accept the annexation and restrain anti-Habsburg agitation by Serbian nationalists.

Black unrest and British pressure to abolish slavery motivated many Creoles to advocate Cuba's annexation by the United States, where slavery was still legal.

The annexation of Mauretania, begun under Caligula, was completed after the defeat of rebel forces, and the official division of the former client kingdom into two Imperial provinces.

** In the former doge-state Venice, and while it was a republic resisting annexation by either the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia or the Austrian empire, a former Chief Executive ( president, 23 March 18485 July 1848 ), Daniele Manin ( b. 1804-d. 1857 ), was styled Dictator 11 – 13 August 1848 before joining the 13 August 1848-7 March 1849 Triumvirate.

The Italian Eritreans strongly rejected the Ethiopian annexation of Eritrea after the war: the Party of Shara Italy was established in Asmara in July 1947 and the majority of the members were former Italian soldiers with many Eritrean Ascari ( the organization was even backed up by the government of Italy ).

The question of annexation was resolved by the defeat of Red Finland.

In 1893, judging that his power over Ethiopia was secure, Menelik repudiated the treaty ; in response the Italians ramped up the pressure on his domain in a variety of ways, including the annexation of small territories bordering their original claim under the Treaty of Wuchale, and finally culminating with a military campaign across the Mareb River into Tigray ( on the border with Eritrea ) in December 1894.

Verdi was born the son of Carlo Giuseppe Verdi and Luigia Uttini in Le Roncole, a village near Busseto, then in the Département Taro which was a part of the First French Empire after the annexation of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza.

In such a system, with retrospect it is clear that a full-scale invasion and ultimate annexation was inevitable.

An example of such territories was the 1961 Indian annexation of Goa and Indian integration of Junagadh.

Mexican politicians had repeatedly warned that annexation would lead to war.

He supported the annexation of Texas and the U. S .- Mexican War.

) Like most Southerners, he supported the annexation of Texas.

He publicly attacked the Belgian annexation policy and unrestricted submarine warfare and later supported calls for constitutional reform, democratisation and universal suffrage.

Bryan had strongly supported the war against Spain, but denounced the annexation of the Philippines as imperialism that would spoil America's innocence.

In response to the annexation, the Thirty-Three Orientals, led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja, declared independence on 25 August 1825 supported by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ( present-day Argentina ).

Sam Houston supported annexation by the United States.

The county is named for Henry Alexander Wise, a U. S. Congressman from Virginia who supported Texas ' annexation.

On the whole, they opposed annexation to Redwood City, and supported bigger lot sizes for a maximum of 1, 400 homes in the area, more trails, and preservation of the lakes and two unique features, the Easter Cross and Handley's Rock.

He returned in 1379, supported by Breton barons who feared the annexation of Brittany by France.

In Honduras, Comayagua, through its Governor José Tinoco de Contreras, supported the idea of the annexation.

He also supported the annexation of Texas.

* Cass County, Texas was named for him, as Cass supported Texas ' annexation into the United States.

He supported the annexation of Texas in 1845.

After his election as president, however, James K. Polk supported the 49th parallel as a northern limit for U. S. annexation in Oregon Country.

Cook was part of the Australian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference where he defended the White Australia Policy and supported Australia's annexation of German New Guinea.

During this time, while many Texans hoped to encourage eventual annexation by the United States, there were some who supported waiting for annexation or even remaining independent.

When a false report circulated in April, soon after the Alaska news, that the British government was considering settling the claims by ceding the colony, a substantial annexation movement appeared supported by many British Columbians and three of the colony's six newspapers.

Two American military officers, who traveled throughout British Columbia for two months while arranging for supply of occupation troops in Alaska, wrote a detailed report to Washington in November 1867 of their belief that a majority of residents supported annexation.

A majority of British Columbians never publicly supported American annexation, however, and support for joining Canada grew over time.

Most activists supported the war itself but opposed the annexation of new territory, especially the Philippines.

Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1842 as a Whig, he advocated the annexation of Texas, supported the Mexican-American War and the tariff, and received national recognition for his " Wools and Woolens " speech.

On June 14, Ide and the others seized the pueblo of Sonoma and captured the Mexican Commandante of Northern California, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, who in fact supported American annexation.