The cuban uprising against spain

The first major attempt at a cuban revolution was the 10 years war, in which the cubans fought the spaniards. This was defeated by the spanish, after the death of 250,000 cubans. The next major development was the Spanish American war. In this war, the U.S. invaded cuba and ousted spain from the island. Leaders included Antonio Maceo, and in the end turned out to be fairly succesful.