Further, the USS Maine was a large ship whose size was approximately over 300 feet long, and it was one of the most advanced ships in the U.S. Navy at the time. Before exploding, the USS Maine was armed with two
The Boston Port Act was the British Crown's attempt to reclaim control over restless Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. It closed off Boston from trade until the city decided to refund the East India Company for the cost of the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party....
Prior to that, though, I had flown from Cuba to Panama City, and there took a boat ride through the Panama Canal, which was mildly interesting. The “Canal Zone” started in 1850s with a train from the Caribbean Coast on the north to the Pacific coast on the south. The Canal is loc...