A major figure in this conflict wrote the Manifesto of Montecristi and was killed at the Battle of Dos Rios.
Predecessors of this conflict included the abortive Little War and the Ten Years' War, which resulted in the Pact of Zanjón. A major figure in this conflict wrote the Manifesto of Montecristi and was killed at the Battle of Dos Rios. That figure, a noted poet, was (*) José Martí. The Spanish-American War was started in part because the United States sent the USS Maine to protect American citizens during this conflict. For 10 points, name this war of independence which saw a Caribbean nation become independent from Spain.
Predecessors of this conflict included the abortive Little War and the Ten Years' War, which resulted in the Pact of Zanjón.
{Cuban} War of {Independence} [accept equivalents]