Research Question:to what extent is it true to say that the Castro revolution of the 20th century was responsible for the trade being relinquished between Cuba and the US?

Rationale: I choose to do this topic as I am deeply intrigued as to what really were the challenges faced by the United States to relinquish the trade between itself and Cuba during the cuban revolution of the 20th century.I hope that this study will be beneficial to readers who will endevour to do this topic or to those individuals who just want futher readings on what actually led to the relationship between Cuba and the United States being destroyed.

Introduction: In July 1953, Castro led about 120 men in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The assault failed, Castro was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison, and many of his men were killed. The U.S.-backed Batista, looking to improve his authoritarian image, subsequently Castro was released in 1955 as part of a general amnesty. Castro ended up in Mexico, where he met fellow revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara and plotted his return.
In 1960. Castro nationalized all U.S.-owned businesses, including oil refineries, factories and casinos. This prompted the United States to end diplomatic relations and impose a trade embargo that still stands today.As a country with a new government, Cuba seemed newly established to the world around it. Change was occurring in Cuba, and the U.S. was not hesitant to impose ideas and regulations they hoped would maintain their influence within Cuba. However, Castro began to adopt policies to end political intervention to break the United States’ economic dominance.The U.S. had invested in Cuba’s economic growth and claimed a large amount of land. The U.S. could see that the country was leaning away from democracy and quickly took actions meant to limit Castro’s control.Castro retaliated quickly by seizing all U.S. territories established in Cuba and began spreading rumors that the U.S. had committed a multitude of crimes against Cuba and its people.In 1961, Eisenhower (president of the US at that time) limited Cuban relations and administered an embargo on Cuba under the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA).The initial intension of the Embargo Act against Cuba was to create a partial limitation of commercial, economic, and financial relations. Although the Embargo did not achieve the United States’ initial intentions of getting rid of Castro, it has evolved over the past half-century to decrease Cuba’s economy and trading relations.