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→Military: fixed error in claim that Cleveland supported the Hawaiian Revolution as he opposed it
Cleveland was good at pushing around the English without evoking war, and did a lot of stuff with the power of his Navy, which he continued to build. This Navy was so strong it defeated the powerful Spanish armada during the Spanish-American war in 1884.
Cleveland was good at pushing around the English without evoking war, and did a lot of stuff with the power of his Navy, which he continued to build. This Navy was so strong it defeated the powerful Spanish armada during the Spanish-American war in 1884.
Cleveland also supported the revolutionairies in Hawaii who in 1894 overthrew the queen and established a Democracy, although he did not support use of troops in this conflict or any other.
Cleveland did not support the revolutionairies in Hawaii who in 1894 overthrew the queen and established a Democracy. In fact, he tried to discredit their actions via the controversial Blount Report.
===Death and Later Life===
===Death and Later Life===