The Cuban Revolutionary War (La Guerra de Cuba in Spanish) was a conflict that spanned five years and affected the island of Cuba. The war started because of the Cubans' mistreatment by the Spanish administration during the times of Isabel II and the first months of the Provisional Government. Carlos Manuel de Céspedes declared Cuba's independence from Spain on October 1869 and drew the island into a war that lasted for five years, and ended with the Spanish government's victory, although in the end many of the Cuban rebels' aims were met.