What congressional resolution stated the U.S. had no intention of annexing Cuba?

The Teller Amendment stated that the United States had no intention of annexing Cuba. Congress adopted it in April 1898 as an amendment to the resolution authorizing military intervention in Cuba during the crisis with Spain.

The amendment promised that, after defeating Spanish rule, the United States would leave control of Cuba to its people rather than claim the island as American territory. It reflected the stated American goal of helping establish Cuban independence, although U.S. strategic and economic interests in the Caribbean remained substantial.

The Teller Amendment is often confused with the Platt Amendment. The Teller provision was connected to the Spanish-American War and rejected annexation; the later Platt Amendment, passed in 1901, set conditions for U.S. withdrawal and gave Washington significant influence over Cuban affairs. The United States did not formally annex Cuba, but it occupied the island after the war and retained a powerful regional role.