Cuban independence wars

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anti-colonial struggle war of independence

The Cuban independence wars were a series of late 19th-century armed struggles by Cubans seeking to end Spanish colonial rule and establish an independent nation.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Cuban independence movement	23
Cuban independence wars canonical	2
Cuban War of Independence	1
Cuban War of Independence (broad independence struggle)	1
Cuban Wars of Independence	1
Cuban wars of independence	1
Guerra de Independencia de Cuba	1
Primera Guerra de Independencia de Cuba	1
Spanish colonial wars in Cuba	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9486054 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cuban independence wars
Context triple: [Little War, partOf, Cuban independence wars]

A. Cuban War of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
B. Dominican War of Independence
The Dominican War of Independence was the 1844 conflict in which Dominicans successfully broke away from Haitian rule to establish the Dominican Republic as a sovereign nation.
C. Venezuelan War of Independence
The Venezuelan War of Independence was an early 19th-century armed struggle in which Venezuelan revolutionaries fought to break free from Spanish colonial rule, helping to ignite and shape broader Latin American independence movements.
D. Colombian War of Independence
The Colombian War of Independence was an early 19th-century armed struggle in northern South America that led to the liberation of present-day Colombia and neighboring regions from Spanish colonial rule and the formation of Gran Colombia.
E. Ten Years' War
The Ten Years' War was a major 19th-century Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule (1868–1878) that marked the beginning of Cuba’s long struggle for independence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cuban independence wars
Target entity description: The Cuban independence wars were a series of late 19th-century armed struggles by Cubans seeking to end Spanish colonial rule and establish an independent nation.

A. Cuban War of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the final and most significant Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, ultimately leading to U.S. intervention and the end of Spain’s empire in the Americas.
B. Dominican War of Independence
The Dominican War of Independence was the 1844 conflict in which Dominicans successfully broke away from Haitian rule to establish the Dominican Republic as a sovereign nation.
C. Venezuelan War of Independence
The Venezuelan War of Independence was an early 19th-century armed struggle in which Venezuelan revolutionaries fought to break free from Spanish colonial rule, helping to ignite and shape broader Latin American independence movements.
D. Colombian War of Independence
The Colombian War of Independence was an early 19th-century armed struggle in northern South America that led to the liberation of present-day Colombia and neighboring regions from Spanish colonial rule and the formation of Gran Colombia.
E. Ten Years' War
The Ten Years' War was a major 19th-century Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule (1868–1878) that marked the beginning of Cuba’s long struggle for independence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-colonial struggle ⓘ war of independence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cuban wars of independence ⓘ linked to: Cuban independence wars
chronology	precedes Spanish–American War ⓘ
endTime	1898 ⓘ
goal	Cuban independence ⓘ end of Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ
hasCause	Spanish colonial domination ⓘ desire for political autonomy ⓘ economic grievances of Cuban planters ⓘ influence of other Latin American independence movements ⓘ
hasPart	Cuban War of Independence ⓘ Guerra Chiquita ⓘ Little War ⓘ Ten Years' War ⓘ
influenced	Cuban national identity ⓘ U.S.–Cuba relations ⓘ linked to: United States–Cuba relations
influencedBy	Cuban nationalist movement ⓘ linked to: Cuban autonomist movement
involves	guerrilla warfare ⓘ reconcentration policy by Spain ⓘ scorched-earth tactics ⓘ
languageOfParticipants	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean ⓘ Cuba ⓘ
notableCommander	Antonio Maceo ⓘ Calixto García ⓘ Carlos Manuel de Céspedes ⓘ José Martí ⓘ Máximo Gómez ⓘ Valeriano Weyler ⓘ
opposedTo	Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ
participant	Cuban rebels ⓘ linked to: Rebel Army (Cuba) Kingdom of Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
relatedTo	Latin American wars of independence ⓘ linked to: Latin American independence movements abolition of slavery in Cuba ⓘ
result	Spanish–American War ⓘ U.S. military occupation of Cuba ⓘ linked to: Second Occupation of Cuba end of formal Spanish rule in Cuba ⓘ establishment of Cuba as a formally independent republic ⓘ
significantEvent	Grito de Yara ⓘ Pact of Zanjón ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ U.S. intervention in 1898 ⓘ explosion of the USS Maine ⓘ
startTime	1868 ⓘ
timePeriod	late 19th century ⓘ

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