1900 – 1909
1900s
- March 2, 1901The Platt Amendment gives the United States a right to intervene in Cuba
Signed into US law on 2 March 1901, the amendment is accepted by Cuba's constituent assembly on 12 June, 16 votes to 11, and added to its constitution. It allows US intervention and leads to the Guantánamo naval base.
- May 20, 1902The Republic of Cuba is inaugurated and the US military government ends
On 20 May 1902 General Leonard Wood hands power to President Tomás Estrada Palma in Havana. The republic is limited by the Platt Amendment, and some Cubans dispute that the date marks true independence.
- 1905 – March 31, 1941The United States takes over Dominican customs to repay foreign creditors
After the Roosevelt Corollary of December 1904, a US-appointed receiver collects the Dominican customs from 1905, with a 1907 treaty and a 1924 convention extending it. It ends on 31 March 1941 under the Trujillo-Hull convention.
- September 29, 1906 – February 6, 1909The United States occupies Cuba again after Estrada Palma resigns
A Liberal revolt against a rigged 1905 election leads Estrada Palma to resign on 28 September 1906 and the US to install a provisional government, later under Charles Magoon. The last US forces leave on 6 February 1909.