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Tomás Estrada Palma (July 9, 1835, Bayamo – November 4, 1908, Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban political figure. He served as the first President of Cuba between 1902 and 1906. ==Fight for independence== Tomás Estrada Palma was a president of the Cuban Republic in Arms during the Ten Years' War. Estrada Palma was captured by Spanish troops and sent into exile. While in exile, he traveled to New York where he worked with José Martí. After Martí's death, Estrada Palma became the new leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. When the revolutionaries established a Government in arms, Estrada Palma was sent to Washington as its diplomat. With the help of an American banker, he tried offering Spain $150 million to give up the island, a plan that failed. He was, however, successful in getting the US Congress to pass the Joint Resolution. This bill was one of the factors that led the United States to declare war on Spain, demanding that Cuba be freed from Spanish colonial rule. (see Spanish–American War) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tomás Estrada Palma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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