sep 1, 1912 - US in Caribbean

Description:

1912 Sep 24 US President Taft signs the Panama Canal Act, which exempts American shipping from paying tolls. Some in the US and Britain consider this a violation of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901.

1912 Sep 24 President Taft sends a force of 750 Marines to Santo Domingo to compel the reopening of the Dominican-Custom House on its border with Haiti, which has been closed by revolutionaries.

1916 May 5 Political instability in the Dominican Republic inspires the US to send its Marines to occupy and establish order. The occupation will create resentment among the Dominicans.

1924 Mar 15 A presidential election is won by Horacio Vásquez Lajara, an American ally. With his inauguration in July the United States will end its eight-year occupation of his country, the Dominican Republic.

1926 May 3 US Marines return to Nicaragua, after having been away for nine months. There the Liberals, supported by Mexico's leftist government, are threatening US supported Conservative rule of Adolfo Díaz.

1927 Jul 16 Augusto Sandino begins a war against the US occupation of Nicaragua. It starts with something like 500 of his men attacking a unit of 41 US Marines and a Nicaraguan garrison at Ocotal – a battle lasting no more than 24 hours. The Marines respond with airpower: seven planes. Sandino is said to have lost from 40 to 80 men. But they live-on and fight for another five years.

Added to timeline:

Date: